On Demand picks

BROKEN FLOWERS (Comcast Movies: All Movies) Bill Murray attains an unparalleled state of grace in this Jim Jarmusch film, a minimalist road movie about an aging lover-boy who sets out across America to find which of his ex-lovers might have had their child. Sharon Stone, Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange, and Tilda Swinton are among those he encounters. It’s the movie “About Schmidt’’ should have been and one of the best of 2005. (R; runs through Dec. 6)

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WHIP IT (HBO on Comcast) This comedy about a Texas girl (Ellen Page) who discovers roller derby marks the directing debut of Drew Barrymore, who has so thoroughly laced the movie with her own lunatic affections for women and the human race in general that it ought to be sold as an antidepressant. With Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Alia Shawkat, Juliette Lewis, and the director as a stoner derbyist. Shauna Cross adapted the smart script from her novel. (PG-13; runs through Dec. 6) WESLEY MORRIS