Spirit Entertainment has announced the Criterion Collection titles to be released in the UK in March 2024. On 11 March comes the dynamic, nostalgia-tinged crime drama The Roaring Twenties, which will be followed on 25 March by Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused. Both films will feature new 4K restorations and will be released as dual format UHD and Blu-ray. The press relesase is unclear on this, but it also looks as if The Roaring Twenties, and possibly Dazed and Confused, will be released as Blu-ray only editions, although we've been so far unable to confim this.

THE ROARING TWENTIES (USA 1939) | 4K UHD + Blu-ray | 11 March 2023

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 in cinema history.

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:

• 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
• New cover by Jennifer Dionisio

DAZED AND CONFUSED (USA 1993) | 4K UHD + Blu-ray | 25 March 2023

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.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:

• 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
• Cover by Marc English