A slow-build marvel about someone trying to reconcile the practical with the sublime.

The genuinely talented who are left with no option but to languish in anonymity. The Disciple overwhelmed me with adeep sense of loss that underlines it.

Does a movie about a devoted modern-day practitioner of Hindustani classical music sound overly esoteric? The Disciple, written and directed by Chaitanya Tamhane, is anything but. What it's really about is the spiritual balm that great art can provide.

A beautiful Netflix original that takes seriously religious mysticism... [and] navigates the ephemeral and enchants the viewer in the process.