Tabloid

Tabloid (2010) is Errol Morris's darkly comic documentary following Joyce McKinney, a former beauty queen accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a Mormon missionary she claimed to love. The film examines how British tabloids sensationalized her story in the late 1970s, turning her into both a villain and a celebrity. Through interviews and archival footage, Morris explores themes of obsession, media manipulation, and the blurry line between love and madness.

• Directed by legendary documentarian Errol Morris.
• Subject Joyce McKinney refused to participate in the film.
• McKinney threatened legal action against Morris after release.
• Film explores British tabloid war between two rival newspapers.
• McKinney later cloned her beloved dog in South Korea.

• I loved Kirk so much I would have skied down Mount Everest in the nude with a carnation up my nose.
• I was a good girl. I was a virgin. I was saving myself for my husband.
• You can't rape a man. It's like putting a marshmallow in a parking meter.
• I just wanted to get my man back. Is that so wrong?
• The tabloids made me into a monster. I was just a woman in love.