To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 65) Cate Blanchett / Key film – I’m Not There Cate Blanchett has… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 61-65
To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 70) Charlize Theron / Key film – Bombshell An actress with genuinely fascinating… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 66-70
To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 75) Johnny Depp / Key film – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 71-75
To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 80) Olivia de Havilland / Key film – The Heiress She was born… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 76-80
To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 85) Marilyn Monroe / Key film – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes A minor spoiler… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 81-85
To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 90) Kate Winslet / Key film – Titanic A somewhat difficult actress to… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 86-90
To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 95) Whoopi Goldberg / Key film – Sister Act So it’s not the… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 91-95
To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 100) Vivien Leigh / Key film – Gone with the Wind The chauvinists… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 96-100
To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here To start this project, I began with about 750 names which I knew I’d need to pare down to 100. On my first pass, I only eliminated about 300 of those names, which is a sign of how… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: The Near Misses
I’ve been doing this bit about “Better than” for just about every series I do, but I can tell you before we get to anything else that this will be better than AFI’s version of this project. That’s because my version will actually have one hundred movie stars. In 1999, the AFI skimped on the… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars Introduction
Seeing Things Secondhand 