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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sometimes documentaries get all they need from the subject, and in the case of “Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple,” the who’s who of musical luminaries in his orbit don’t hurt either. Chronicling Steven Van ...
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 ...
The world of Hindustani classical music is by design, fiercely esoteric, where masters of the craft flaunt their musical chops with an air of superiority, while their disciples submit wholeheartedly ...