/Film

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

/Film
Type of site
Film blog
Available inEnglish
OwnerPeter Sciretta
URLslashfilm.com
CommercialYes
LaunchedAugust 23, 2005 (2005-08-23)
Current statusActive

Podcasts

Six podcasts 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). 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
  • /Film won Total Film's Movie Blog Award in the Majors category.[1]
  • Time magazine named /Film one of the 25 Best Blogs of 2009.[2]
  • G4's Attack of the Show listed it as one of the Best Movie Blogs.[3]
  • PC Magazine listed the site in its Best Web Sites for Movie Fans.[4]
  • /Film won the Performancing Blog Award for "Best Entertainment Blog of 2007."[5]
  • The site was nominated for, and was a finalist for, Best Major Blog for the 2008 Weblog Awards.[6]
  • It was nominated for "Best Entertainment Weblog" in the 2008 Bloggies.[7]

References
  1. "Film features: The totalfilm.com Movie Blog Awards - Majors". Total Film. 2009-01-08. Archived from the original on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
  2. McNichol, Tom (2009-02-20). "/Film - 25 Best Blogs 2009". Time. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
  3. "Best Movie Blogs". G4TV. 2009-01-29. Archived from the original on 2013-03-10. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  4. DeLeo, Jennifer L. (June 20, 2008). "Best Web Sites for Movie Fans". PC Magazine. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  5. Caldwell, Ryan (2008-01-11). "Performancing Blog Awards 2007 Winners". performancing.com. Archived from the original on 2008-01-13. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  6. Aylward, Kevin (2008-11-03). "Best Major Blog (Authority over 1001) - The 2008 Weblog Awards". The Weblog Awards. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
  7. Nolan, Nikolai (2008-03-10). "Eighth Annual Weblog Awards: The 2008 Bloggies". Bloggies. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
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