/Film

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/Film
Type of site
Film newsblog
Available in English
Owner Static Media
Founder(s) Peter Sciretta
URL slashfilm .com
Commercial Yes
Launched August 23, 2005 ; 18 years ago  ( 2005-08-23 )
Current status Active

/Film , also spelled Slashfilm , is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers. It was founded by Peter Sciretta in August 2005.

Podcasts [ edit ]

Six podcasts have run on the site. The /Filmcast , hosted by David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Jeff Cannata airs weekly and focuses on a discussion of a recently released film, along with current film news and other related entertainment topics (Adam Quigley co-hosted the show with Chen and Hardawar from 2008 to 2013). In July 2021, the show became independent from the site and was rebranded The Filmcast . [1]

The Tobolowsky Files , hosted by Chen, features character actor Stephen Tobolowsky talking about his career, life and other topics. The JustifiedCast , also hosted by Chen, followed season 3 of the TV series Justified . A Cast of Kings is a podcast hosted by Chen and Joanna Robinson of Vanityfair.com in which they discuss and analyze each episode of Game of Thrones . The Ones Who Knock is Chen and Robinson's other podcast, where they dissect each episode of Breaking Bad . /Film Daily is hosted by Peter Sciretta and a rotating cast of /Film writers, where they discuss the days movie news.

Awards and nominations [ edit ]

  • /Film won Total Film 's Movie Blog Award in the Majors category. [2]
  • Time magazine named /Film one of the 25 Best Blogs of 2009. [3]
  • G4 's Attack of the Show! listed it as one of the Best Movie Blogs. [4]
  • PCMag listed the site in its Best Web Sites for Movie Fans. [5]
  • /Film won the Performancing Blog Award for "Best Entertainment Blog of 2007." [6]
  • The site was nominated for, and was a finalist for, Best Major Blog for the 2008 Weblog Awards . [7]
  • It was nominated for "Best Entertainment Weblog" in the 2008 Bloggies . [8]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Chen, David (July 13, 2021). "The Slashfilmcast Is Now The Filmcast ? Here's What You Need To Know" . /Film . Archived from the original on September 6, 2022 . Retrieved September 10, 2021 .
  2. ^ "Film features: The totalfilm.com Movie Blog Awards ? Majors" . Total Film . January 8, 2009. Archived from the original on September 18, 2010 . Retrieved January 8, 2009 .
  3. ^ McNichol, Tom (February 20, 2009). "/Film ? 25 Best Blogs 2009" . Time . Archived from the original on September 6, 2022 . Retrieved November 7, 2012 .
  4. ^ "Best Movie Blogs" . G4TV . January 29, 2009. Archived from the original on March 10, 2013 . Retrieved November 8, 2012 .
  5. ^ DeLeo, Jennifer L. (June 20, 2008). "Best Web Sites for Movie Fans" . PC Magazine . p. 2. Archived from the original on June 26, 2008 . Retrieved November 8, 2012 .
  6. ^ Caldwell, Ryan (January 11, 2008). "Performancing Blog Awards 2007 Winners" . performancing.com . Archived from the original on January 13, 2008 . Retrieved November 8, 2012 .
  7. ^ Aylward, Kevin (November 3, 2008). "Best Major Blog (Authority over 1001) ? The 2008 Weblog Awards" . The Weblog Awards . Archived from the original on July 7, 2012 . Retrieved November 7, 2012 .
  8. ^ Nolan, Nikolai (March 10, 2008). "Eighth Annual Weblog Awards: The 2008 Bloggies" . Bloggies . Archived from the original on November 26, 2011 . Retrieved November 7, 2012 .

External links [ edit ]

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