May Calamawy’s Typical Vibe
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May Calamawy has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Lee Cronin's The Mummy.
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The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.
Dir. Lee Cronin · With Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy
Ramy, the son of Egyptian immigrants, is on a spiritually conflicting journey in his New Jersey neighborhood, pulled between his Muslim community that thinks life is a constant test, his millennial friends who think life is full of endless possibilities, and a God who's always watching.
Dir. Ari Katcher, Ramy Youssef, Ryan Welch · With Ramy Youssef, May Calamawy, Hiam Abbass

When young loner Anna is hired as the surrogate for Matt, a single man in his 40s, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will quickly challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries and the particulars of love.
Dir. Nikole Beckwith · With Ed Helms, Patti Harrison, Anna Konkle

When Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life, he discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.
Dir. Jeremy Slater · With Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, May Calamawy