Here are the best films playing in Dublin this weekend – April 26th-28th

After the glut of Oscar season films, cinemas are gearing up for the summer blockbuster season.

March and April are good times to release mid-budget genre films before the massive blockbuster rush, and the summer season is starting with a bang.

This week’s big release is Challengers, the new film from Italian autuer Luca Guadagnino.

Our review said the film is a near-lock to be on our year-end top 10, and is an astonishing bit of filmmaking.

The film is a great display of the three young stars, Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, but the real star of the show is Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ exceptional score.

Challengers is a great start to the summer slate of films, and is an early contender for our film of the year.

Look out for the film in all the mainstream cinemas.

This weeks other big release is the Irish film That They May Face The Rising Sun.

The film took home the IFTA for Best Film last weekend, and is an adaptation of John McGahern’s novel.

Telling the story of a year in the life of a lakeside community in 1970s Ireland, the film has gathered some of the strongest reviews for an Irish film since An Cailín Ciúin.

Refreshingly for an Irish release, the film will play in most mainstream cinema chains as well as speciality ones.

The Fall Guy formally kicks off the summer blockbuster season, and to celebrate the Lighthouse are showing what is maybe Ryan Gosling’s finest hour; The Nice Guys.

The Nice Guys flew under the radar when it was released in 2016, but the film has gained a cult status since then.

Gosling stars alongside Russell Crowe as a pair of detectives investigating a shaggy mystery in 1970s LA, all done in the classic Shane Black style.

The Nice Guys is a perfect film to see with a Saturday night crowd, and you can catch it in the Lighthouse cinema on Saturday night.

On the foreign language front, German drama The Teacher’s Longue is still playing in the Lighthouse and IFI.

Nominated for Best International Feature at this year’s Oscars, this comedy-drama is a great look education.

Like any good foreign language film, it transcends cultures and depicts a universal thing that everyone knows; sometimes, kids can just get on our nerves.

Finally, the Stella in Rathmines continues their Spielberg season with a showing of the timeless ET on Saturday morning, and charming misfire The Terminal on Sunday afternoon.

As they say on the Late Late Toy Show, there’s something for everyone in the audience.