As 2023 draws to its closing chapter, we look to 2024 for the films we can add to our collections ( I know I do) The Criterion Collection have announced more for their ever growing library of classic films and nn 11th March 2024 comes the dynamic, nostalgia-tinged crime drama THE ROARING TWENTIES.  Starring screen legends JAMES CAGNEY and HUMPHREY BOGART, the film remains one of the greatest and most influential crime films of all time. Following on 25th March 2024 the wonderful DAZED AND CONFUSED arrives.  Among the best teen films ever made, the film eavesdrops on a group of seniors-to-be and incoming freshmen, as they wait for something to happen.

THE ROARING TWENTIES

Ripped from the headlines of the turbulent era between the Great War and the Great Depression, this dynamic, nostalgia-tinged crime drama balances tommy-gun action with epic historical sweep. Legends JAMES CAGNEY and HUMPHREY BOGART star as army buddies whose fortunes rise and fall as their fates intersect, first in a foxhole on the front lines of World War I, then in Manhattan’s Prohibition-era underworld. Directed by Hollywood master RAOUL WALSH, and based on a story by prolific journalist turned screenwriter and producer MARK HELLINGER, The Roaring Twenties brought to a close the celebrated Warner Bros. gangster cycle of the 1930s, and it remains one of the greatest and most influential crime films of all time.

New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features

Audio commentary with film historian Lincoln Hurst

New interview with critic Gary Giddins

Excerpt from a 1973 interview with director Raoul Walsh

Trailer

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PLUS: An essay by film critic Mark Asch

DAZED AND CONFUSED

Features a new 4K digital restoration of the director’s cut, supervised and approved by director Richard Linklater and cinematographer Lee Daniel

America, 1976. The last day of school. Bongs blaze, bell-bottoms ring, and rock and roll rocks. Among the best teen films ever made, Dazed and Confused eavesdrops on a group of seniors-to-be and incoming freshmen. A launching pad for a number of future stars, the first studio effort by Richard Linklater also features endlessly quotable dialogue and a blasting, stadium-ready soundtrack. Sidestepping nostalgia, Dazed and Confused is less about “the best years of our lives” than the boredom, angst, and excitement of teenagers waiting . . . for something to happen.

New 4K digital restoration of the director’s cut, supervised and approved by director Richard Linklater and cinematographer Lee Daniel, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack

(UHD Only) One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray of the film with special features

Audio commentary featuring Linklater

Making “Dazed,” a documentary by Kahane Cooperman

Rare on-set interviews and behind-the-scenes footage

Footage from the ten-year-anniversary celebration

Audition footage and deleted scenes

Trailer

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PLUS: Essays by critics Kent Jones, Jim DeRogatis, and Chuck Klosterman; reprinted recollections of the filming from cast and crew; and character profiles from the Dazed and Confused companion book; as well as the original film poster by Frank Kozik