In Anna Hints’s bewitching documentary, Estonian smoke saunas beget a sweaty purification process — one that’s revealed to be more than skin deep. By Beatrice Loayza When you purchase a ticket for an ...

Anna Hints' restorative, earthy yet ethereal feature-length doc debut finds the feminine sublime in a traditional Estonian sauna. Ants Tammik’s camerawork is similarly inspired, especially in the ...

Estonia’s Oscar submission is the debut feature by Anna Hints, who won the directing award in Sundance’s World Cinema Documentary Competition. By Sheri Linden Senior Copy Editor/Film Critic At the ...

The two-day event will bring wood-fired saunas, ice baths, live music, and Nordic cuisine to the city’s waterfront.

The needle on the thermometer in the sauna hovered over 200 degrees. It was like being in a pizza oven. The next step was plunging into a freezing pool. Going from boiling hot to stinging cold is part ...

Menopausal women may be able to control their blood sugar better and gain less weight if they sit in a sauna every day, new research on mice reveals. Robert Kneschke - stock.adobe.com Full steam ahead ...