Editor's Note: Updates at JazzWax

Yep, just like the 1964-’65 World Fair, the future looks pretty darn bright at JazzWax.

First, thanks one and all for your heart-warming comments and emails about the clean and dynamic look and feel of the new JazzWax.

Now, a progress report, then a treat:

The Archive—we’re currently finishing up work on the JazzWax Archive (see the tab above labeled “2007-2025”). We’re busy uniting all multipart interviews into a single post and loading back artwork.

You can search for past JazzWax posts at Google (for example, “JazzWax + Charlie Parker”). Or use the search bar in the Archive section.

For interviews, you now have a linked list on the home page for easy access. It’s alphabetized by the subject’s first name. Just click and you’re there.

WSJ—for followers and readers of my music essays and Hollywood interviews for The Wall Street Journal, you’ll find these under the “WSJ” tab. I update this section each week by posting my latest pieces at the end of the day, without an email blast. I do this to avoid bothering those who don’t have a WSJ.com subscription.

All of this crisp organizing is to make your JazzWax experience easy, breezy, fun and resourceful.

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Now for the treat—my latest streaming picks in case you’re stuck for something to watch this weekend:

WHAT I’M WATCHING

Watched and enjoyed this past week...

• Nouvelle Vague (Nov. 14/Netflix)

• Breathless (1960) (Max)

Here’s the Nouvelle Vague trailer, with Zoey Deutch as Jean Seberg…

And here’s Breathless (1960), which launched France’s New Wave film movement…

My top 33 favorite films and series, ranked...

1. Babylon Berlin

2. Adolescence

3. Sovereign

4. Landman

5. My Brilliant Friend

6. Nouvelle Vague

7. Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox

8. Good American Family

9. Killing Eve

10. The Crown

11. Mad Men

12. The Americans

13. Younger

14. Fleabag

15. Band of Brothers

16. The Sopranos

17. Enlightened

18. Friday Night Lights

19. Justified

20. The Promised Life

21. Feud: Bette and Joan

22. Feud: Capote vs. the Swans

23. The Old Man

24. Downton Abbey

25. The Blacklist

26. Goliath

27. Julia

28. The Gentlemen

29. Turn: Washington’s Spies

30. Unbelievable

31. Voiceless (Bella da morire)(2020/MHz)

32. Black Doves

33. Web Therapy

ARCHIVE

TV series

• The Affair—(2014-2019/Hulu)

• Alaska Daily—(2022/Prime)

• The Americans—(2013-2018)/Prime)

• Anatomy of a Scandal—(2022/Netflix)

• Apples Never Fall—2024/Peacock)

• Babylon Berlin (2017-2024/MHz via Prime Video)

• Band of Brothers—(2001/Netflix) 

• The Bay (2019-current/BritBox)

• Black Doves (2024/Netflix)

• The Blacklist (2013-2023/Netflix)

• Blindspot (2015-2020/Netflix)

• Belgravia—(2020/Prime Video)

• The Bletchley Circle (2012/Britbox)

• Blue Lights—(2023/BritBox)

• Bosch—(2014-2021/Prime)

• Bosch: Legacy—(2022-current/Prime)

• The Crown—(2016-2023/Netflix)

• Cherif—(2013-2019/Prime)

• Dark Winds—(2022/AMC)

• The Diplomat—(2023/Netflix)

• Downton Abbey—(2020-2015/Prime)

• The Dropout (2022/Hulu)

• Elizabeth 1 (2005/Max)

• Emily in Paris—(2020-present/Netflix)

• Enlightened—(2011-2013/Max)

• Feud (S1): Bette and Joan—(2017/Hulu)

• Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans—(2024/FX, with streaming on Hulu)

• Fisk—(2021/Netflix)

• Friday Night Lights (2006-2011/Netflix)

• The Gentlemen—(2024/Netflix)

• Godless—(2017/Netflix)

• Goliath—(2016-2021/Prime)

• The Gilded Age—(current/Max)

• High Water—(2022/Netflix)

• Homeland—(2011-2020/Showtime)

• Il Commissario Manara (Inspector Manara) (2009-2011/MHz)

• Jane Eyre—(2006/Britbox)

• Justified—(2010-2015/Hulu)

• Killing Eve—(2018-2022/Netflix)

• Life & Beth—(Seasons 1& 2, 2022-present/Hulu)

• Lincoln Lawyer—(2022-present/Netflix)

• Lioness—(2023-current/Paramount+)

• Loudermilk—(2017-2020/Netflix)

• MI-5, the Series—(2002-2011/BritBox)

• Mobland—(2025/Paramount+)

• Monsieur Spade—(2024/AMC)

• Murdaugh Murders: The Movie, Parts 1 and 2—(2023/Lifetime)

• My Brilliant Friend—(2018-current/Max)

• The Night Agent—(2023-present/Netflix)

• 1923—(2022-present/Paramount+)

• 1883—(2021-2022/Prime)

• The Old Man—(2022/Hulu)

• On Call—2025/Amazon Prime)

• Outlander—(2014-present/Netflix)

• Protection—(2024/S1/BritBox)

• The Perfect Couple—(2024/Netflix)

• Poldark—(2015-2019/Prime)

• The Promised Life—(2018/MHz via Prime Video)

• Reacher—(2016-present/Netflix)

• Ripley—(2024/Netflix)

• Scott & Bailey (2011-2016/Prime)

• The Spy—(2019/Netflix)

• Turn: Washington’s Spies—(2014-2017/Prime)

• Unbelievable—(2019/Netflix)

• Under the Banner of Heave—(2022/Hulu)

• Veronica Mars—(2004 to 2019/Hulu)

• Voiceless (Bella da morire—(2020/MHz)

• The Watcher—(2022/Netflix)

• The Way Home—(2023-current/Peacock)

• Who Is Erin Carter—(2023/Netflix)

• The Woman in the Wall—(2024/Showtime)

• The Veil—(2024/Hulu-FX)

• Web Therapy—(2011-2015/Fandango)

• Wilder—(2017-current)

• WPC 56—(2013-2015/Britbox)

• Yellowstone—(2018-present/Paramount Network)

• Younger—(2015-2021K/Netflix)

Films

• Anna (2019/Tubi)

• The Accountant—(2016/Hulu)

• American Gangster—(2007/Max)

• Armageddon Time—(2022/Prime)

• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs—(2018/Netflix)

• The Ballad of Lefty Brown—(2017/Netflix)

• Blackout (2022/Netflix) 

• The Bricklayer—(2024/Netflix)

• The Commuter (2018/Netflix)

• The Dig—(2021/Netflix)

• Eiffel—(2021/Prime)

• Enola Holmes 1 and 2—(2022/Netflix)

• Enrico Piaggio - Un Sogno Italiano (An Italian Dream) (2019/MHz)

• The Equalizer 1, 2 and 3—(2014-2024/Prime)

• The Great Lillian Hall—(2024/Max)

• The Family Man—(2000/Netflix)

• Fury—(2014/Netflix)

• God’s Country—(2022/Hulu)

• Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant—(2023/Prime)

• I Used to Be Funny (2023/Netflix)

• Jack Reacher (the movie)—(2012/Paramount+) 

• Just My Luck (2006/Paramount+)

• Kill Chain—(2019/Max)

• Killers of the Flower Moon—(2023/Apple+)

• La Palma (2024/Netflix)

• Life or Something Like It—(2002/Netflix)

• Knight and Day—(2010/Roku)

• Last Night in Soho—(2021/Prime)

• Last Seen Alive—(2020/Netflix)

• The Little Things—(2021/Netflix)

• Lonely Planet—(2024)/Netflix)

• Man on Fire—(2004/Max)

• Manchester by the Sea—(2016/Prime Video)

• MI-5—(2015/Max)

• The Mule—(2018/Netflix)

• The Night Agent—(2023/Netflix)

• 99 Homes—(2014/Roku)

• Nobody—(2021/Prime)

• Nobody Wants This—(2024/Netflix)

• Number 24—(2024/Netflix)

• Ordinary Angels—(2024/assorted platforms)

• The Pledge—(2011/Peacock)

• Purple Hearts—(2022/Netflix)

• The Queen—(2006/Paramount+)

• The Queen’s Gambit—(2020/Netflix)

• Queenpins—(2021/Pluto TV)

• Reptile—(2023/Netflix)

• Ruthless—(2023/Hulu)

• The Secret: Dare to Dream—(2020/Netflix).

• Sicario (2015/Netflix)

• Self Reliance—(2023/Hulu)

• Seraphim Falls—(2006/Netflix)

• Some Girl(s)—(2013/Amazon Prime)

• Somewhere in Queens—(2022/Hulu)

• Spy(ies)—(2009/Prime)

• The Stranger—(2022/Netflix)

• Toscana—(2022/Netflix)

• The Two Popes—(2019/Netflix)

• Up in the Air—(2009/Max)

• Woman in Gold—(2015/Max)

• Wonder Wheel—(2017/Prime)

Documentaries

• Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake—(2022/Netflix)

• The Beach Boys—(2024/Disney)

• Carole King: Live in Central Park—(2023/PBS)

• Chet Baker: Let’s Get Lost

• The Comeback—(2005 and 2014/Max)

• Cunk on Earth—(2022/Netflix)

• Cyndi Lauper: Let the Canary Sing—(2023/Paramount+)

• Facing Nolan—(2022/Netflix)

• Five Came Back—(2017/Netflix)

• Jane Fonda in Five Acts—(2024/Max)

• Kate Hepburn: Call Me Kate—(2023/Netflix)

• Let’s Get Lost: Chet Baker (1988)

• The Only Girl in the Orchestra—(2023/Netflix)

• The Stones and Brian Jones—(2023/Hulu)

• Suzi Q: Suzi Quatro—(2019/Prime)

• The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari—(2022/Netflix)

• ‘Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris—(2007/go here)