THE FILM 100

THE FILM 100 (www.film100.com) If you're one of those readers who think EW's occasional ''100 Best'' movie lists are hopelessly mainstream -- we've read your hate mail -- this site should be your cup of double espresso. Created by San Francisco design group the Silver Planet Studio, The Film 100 ranks ''film's most important visionaries'' from No. 1 (W.K.L. Dickson, the Edison assistant who truly invented moving pictures as we know them) to No. 100 (maverick director John Cassavetes), giving them their due through cogent bios and links. Despite appearances by such idols as Marlon Brando and Bette Davis, the emphasis is more on stylistic and technical breakthroughs than glam quotient, so choreographers (Busby Berkeley), stuntmen (Yakima Canutt), businessmen (Ted Turner), and even critics (Siskel and Ebert) stand alongside directors (Hitchcock, Spielberg) and stars (Garbo, Eastwood). There's also an E-mail form, so you can ask Silver Planet what the hell Joseph Cotten is doing here. B