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David Rayfiel has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1990s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Three Days of the Condor.
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When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those responsible until he determines who he can really trust.
Dir. Sydney Pollack · With Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson

Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius.
Dir. Bertrand Tavernier · With Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...
Dir. Sydney Pollack · With Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman
Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex cannot totally rely on friends or her estranged husband, Joaquin, for assistance. Only a single ally, loner ex-policeman Turner Kendall, can help her escape her predicament and find the true killer.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Raúl Juliá
After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter Sabrina, who's long had a crush on him, but he questions his more serious brother's motives when he warns against getting involved with her.
Dir. Sydney Pollack · With Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear
In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.
Dir. Bertrand Tavernier · With Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton
During the revolution, a high-stakes gambler arrives in Cuba seeking to win big in poker games. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with the wife of a Communist revolutionary.
Dir. Sydney Pollack · With Robert Redford, Lena Olin, Alan Arkin
During a car accident, Vincent Eastman watches his whole life flash before his eyes, and he doesn't like what he sees. While maintaining the semblance of a marriage with his wife, Sally, Vincent has been carrying on with a mistress, Olivia. She's everything Sally isn't -- warm, passionate, carefree. So why can't he choose between the two, especially when his indecision is taking its toll on his daughter?
Dir. Mark Rydell · With Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Lolita Davidovich
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