Review of ‘Tabloid Vivant’ at We Are Indie Horror

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Kyle Broom’s Tabloid Vivant stars Jesse Woodrow and Tamzin Brown as Max and Sara, an artist and art critic, respectively. The pair meet cute at the film’s beginning, only to fall into a relationship wherein the two intertwine to the point of absolute artistic madness.

From the outset, the film plays with the conceits of a bygone era sitting side by side with modern technology, in order to demonstrate that the obsession with fame isn’t so new, after all. Using throwback imagery, such as the song “Cheek to Cheek,” rear-projection in the driving sequences, and frequent references to the Black Dahlia in conjunction with more modern touches, like meta discussion of art and scenes of grim violence. It’s as if director Broom has made a serious Charles Busch picture.