Welcome. The first week after daylight saving time ends is always a bit disorienting, isn’t it? Days feel abbreviated, it’s always dinnertime again.

This weekend, the shorter days will start to feel more comfortable. Settle in. Try one of the new black-and-white films that our critics recommend: “Passing,” “an anguished story of identity and belonging” adapted by Rebecca Hall from Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel, or Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” a “cinematic memoir” of growing up in Northern Ireland. (“Passing” is on Netflix; “Belfast” is only in theaters.)

“Yellowjackets,” about a girls’ soccer team whose plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness en route to a tournament, premieres on Showtime on Sunday. I’ll definitely be tuning in for “a shivery synthesis of folk horror, survival story and then-and-now mystery.”

If you’re firming up holiday travel, I sincerely hope you don’t spend 275 minutes — or, really, any minutes — on hold with airline customer service this weekend. Better you consider Padma Lakshmi’s slow-roasted turkey recipe, or gather ingredients for some of our vegetarian side dishes. Eric Asimov will help you select wines for the feast.

Your list of lists.

• 5 Things to Do This Weekend ≫ In N.Y.C. and virtually.

• Thanksgiving Recipes From ‘The Essential New York Times Cookbook’ That Feel Timeless ≫ Craig Claiborne’s Florentine dip, from 1959, still has it.

• 11 New Books We Recommend This Week ≫ Amor Towles and Adam Schiff.

• The T List: Five Things We Recommend This Week ≫ Messy cakes.

• 19 Recipes That Your Kids Will Actually (Maybe?) Eat ≫ Who can resist a potato chip omelet?

• Taylor Swift and Phoebe Bridgers’s ‘Red’ Duet, and 14 More New Songs ≫ Including Mitski’s latest.

P.S.

• Set the tone for a chill weekend. Here’s Vagabon performing “Water Me Down” live on KEXP in 2019.

• I’ve long been curious about Dr. John Sarno’s book “Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection.” This article provides an interesting look at Sarno’s theory that “nearly all chronic pain is caused by repressed emotions.”

• And here’s a good long story from The New Yorker, about “The Most Ambitious Diary in History.”

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Are you looking forward to the holidays? Dreading them? Watching them approach with indifference? Tell us: athome@nytimes.com. Be sure to include your full name and location and we might feature your response in a future newsletter. We’re At Home and Away. We’ll read every letter sent. As always, you’ll find more ideas for passing the time below. Enjoy the weekend.

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