Tech Film Noir - A Technology and Film Podcast

WEIRD SCIENCE (1985): Dial-up Genies, Acoustic Couplers, & Smashing up Memotech MTX500s

This week on Tech Film Noir, we're watching Weird Science (1985), John Hughes's hormone-fueled Frankenstein story that asked the ultimate 80s question: can a half-megabyt

Strange Days (1995): Kathryn Bigelow's 90s Cyberpunk Vision of VR, Meta Glasses & Digital Memories

In this episode of Tech Film Noir, we're watching Strange Days (1995), Kathryn Bigelow's cyberpunk thriller, written by James Cameron, that imagined VR headsets, wearable

The Dystopian Future That Became Our Deepfake Reality | The Running Man (1987)

This episode on Tech Film Noir, we watched The Running Man (1987), the Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi action classic that imagined a future where reality television, media

The 2002 Film That Predicted Deepfakes, Virtual Celebrities and AI Actors | Simone (2002)

This week on Tech Film Noir, we examine the Al Pacino comedy, Simone (2022), that accidentally saw the future. While the film itself is a chaotic mess of farce, misunders

Before Alexa, There Was Edgar | Electric Dreams (1984)

This week on Tech Film Noir, we plug ourselves into the strange, synth-soaked world of Electric Dreams — the gloriously weird 1984 cult sci-fi movie where a socially awkw

Tech Noir, Killer Cyborgs, and Biohazard Trousers | The Terminator (1984)

In the premiere episode of Tech Film Noir, hosts Lianne Potter, Jeff Watkins, and Simon Painter travel back to 1984 to dissect James Cameron’s career-defining masterpiece

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From cult classics to cinematic icons, each episode breaks down the tech behind the stories, whether it’s eerily accurate, wildly speculative, or completely absurd. We di