In 2013, independent cinema set out to capture the vacuous, social-media-obsessed underbelly of American youth culture, resulting in films that were intentionally sickening to look at and endure.
The performances are uniformly brilliant, largely because Kashyap famously kept the actors in the dark. He did not give them a bound script; instead, he fed them individual motivations and let them improvise their reactions. This technique yielded performances that feel terrifyingly genuine. Ronit Roy radiates a quiet, terrifying menace, while Rahul Bhat perfectly captures the pathetic, spiraling desperation of a desperate man. The Haunting Climax and Legacy ugly 2013 movie
On the opposite end of the spectrum, several 2013 films rejected the neon palette entirely, opting for literal dirt, rust, and claustrophobia to tell deeply unsettling stories. In 2013, independent cinema set out to capture