So the trailer for Arbitrage (Roadside Attractions, September 14), the feature-directing debut of writer Nicholas Jarecki, is now online, and it looks like a slick, engaging, well-oiled thing — a casserole of hubris, high finance, fraud, infidelity, deception, loyalty and criminal complicity. Richard Gere is the hedge-fund magnate looking to broker a big sale of his trading empire; Susan Sarandon his wife; Brit Marling his brilliant daughter and heir-apparent; Laetitia Casta the smoking hot mistress whose untimely passing occasions a cover-up; and Tim Roth the cop doggedly in pursuit of the truth, of which Nate Parker seems to represent a telling loose thread. “Can’t wait,” as Bart Scott once barked. For more on the film, click here to visit its web site.
