The sauna is heated with smoke, which is released before guests enter, in Estonia. Tõnu Runnel/Brand Estonia/dpa-tmn The room is damp, hot and black with soot. It smells of peat, autumn forest plus a ...

Anna Hints, the Estonian director behind acclaimed documentary “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood,” is unleashing “Black Hairy Beast,” a folk story and body horror musical “inspired by a personal love story,” ...

If you asked me if I’d like to go back to any place in the world right now, without hesitation I’d say Mooska Farm in southern Estonia. I’d take you by the hand into its dark, smoky, timber sauna ...