Juliette Lewis in Kooky Body Swap Indie Comedy 'By Design' Trailer

"Have you heard of this movie where Juliette Lewis plays a chair?" "Yes, of course, but remind me about the chair part?" Music Box has debuted their trailer for a kooky indie comedy called By Design, created and directed by filmmaker Amanda Kramer. This premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival a year ago and will be out to watch in February just in time for Valentine's Day. One of the strangest films you'll ever see. A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair. It's an indie comedy but it's not really just a simple body swap comedy – it's also some especially weird commentary on loneliness & romance. Narrated by Melanie Griffith, this modern fable celebrates the messiness of female interiority with deadpan humor, surrealist flourishes, and interpretative dance numbers. An "absurdist spin" on the body-swap comedy. Starring Juliette Lewis, Mamoudou Athie (love him), Samantha Mathis, Robin Tunney, Alisa Torres, Clifton Collins Jr., Keir Gilchrist, with Udo Kier (RIP) and Betty Buckley. Very interesting 4th-wall-breaking trailer. This one is definitely only for the most adventurous cinephiles... // Continue Reading ›