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The film boasts sensuous formal achievements, from the glorious alpine shots to the experimental sound design of a raging storm and the dizzying angles deployed by Kirsanoff, an Estonian Jew and Parisian avant-gardist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

How could any self-respecting avant-gardist miss the message?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

African American blues singer Screamin’ Jay Hawkins was leaving spellbinding impressions on an Australian avant-gardist named Nick Cave.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

Akinmusire is a modern wonder, a trumpet player with dazzling chops who also operates at an intuitive, abstract level that shows the influence of avant-gardist Don Cherry.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2023

For that matter, could Eland be Beckett, so existential he seems to exist even now, an avant-gardist more than 32 years after his death?

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2022