NPR

'The Disciple' Is Triumphant, Even As It Tells A Story Of Failure

Before I saw The Disciple, I knew nothing about Hindustani, or northern Indian, classical music. By the end of the movie, I knew a little bit more, though I'd still be hard-pressed to follow the ...
IndieWire

‘The Disciple’ Review: A Brilliant Look at a Passionate Musician in a World That Moves Too Fast For Him

Venice: The story of an idealistic young Indian musician who faces a harsh reality is a transcendent, dreamy character study. Northern Indian classical music sounds like nothing other than itself: The ...
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The Disciple review: The story of Cilvaringz and the Wu-Tang Clan's Once Upon a Time in Shaolin get whimsical underdog documentary treatment

Stripped of its distinctive details, the first half of Joanna Natasegara's new documentary The Disciple is the stuff of a Disney movie: Adrift young man fixates on a musical act, finds himself onstage ...
Los Angeles Times

‘The Disciple’ is already one of the year’s best movies. Does Netflix know — or care?

Early in “The Disciple,” a brilliantly composed, rigorously intelligent new movie from the Indian writer-director Chaitanya Tamhane, a young man named Sharad (Aditya Modak) sits at a table offering ...