JUNGLE ★★☆

One of the flaws of opening and closing nights at MIFF is that you don’t get to pick what the film is – every other session, you do. I would never have gone to see Jungle on my own volition, so it’s perhaps not surprising that I didn’t think much of it. Daniel Radcliffe stars in this film, and does an acceptably good enough job. It’s about a three young chaps who decide to get led into the jungle by a tour guide, and aside from some entertaining gruesome moments, is completely predictable. Spoiler: The main character lives.

Back again for another year! Here’s the list of films that I’d like to see if there were no scheduling conflicts:

A LIFE IN WAVES
A QUIET DREAM
BEATRIZ AT DINNER
BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL
BRIGSBY BEAR
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
CLAIRE’S CAMERA
DAPHNE
DINA
ELLIPSIS
ETHEL & ERNEST
FACES PLACES
FREE AND EASY
GINGER & ROSA
GODSPEED
GOLDEN EXITS
GOOD TIME
HAPPY END
HOSTAGES
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
IKARIE XB-1
INFINITY BABY
INGRID GOES WEST
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
JUNGLE
KING OF PEKING
LE DERNIER COMBAT
LEMON
LET THE SUNSHINE IN
LOVER FOR A DAY
LOVING PIA
LUCKY
MACHINES
MARJORIE PRIME
MARLINA THE MURDERER IN FOUR ACTS
MOTHERLAND
MOUNTAIN
MY YEAR WITH HELEN
NEWTON
NOTHINGWOOD
OH LUCY!
ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE
POP AYE
RAT FILM
REVOLUTION OF SOUND. TANGERINE DREAM
SCHOOL LIFE
SELF-CRITICISM OF A BOURGEOIS DOG
SOMETHING QUITE PECULIAR: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF STEVE KILBEY
SONG TO SONG
STRANGE DAYS
THAT’S NOT ME
THE 10TH VICTIM
THE BUTTERFLY TREE
THE FORCE
THE GIANT
THE GO-BETWEENS: RIGHT HERE
THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER
THE LOST CITY OF Z
THE PARTY
TOKYO IDOLS
TRAGEDY GIRLS
UNREST
WONDERSTRUCK
YOURSELF AND YOURS