TV tonight: a remarkable film about a Soviet-era sanatorium

This fascinating documentary will linger in the mind after watching. Plus: Aimee Lou Wood’s will-they-won’t-they drama concludes. Here’s what to watch this evening10pm, BBC FourA remarkable film recorded over the course of a summer at Kuyalnik sanatorium in Odesa. Despite the conflict in Ukraine, the war is a background presence. Instead, this has the feel of a Wes Anderson film: a vast, sprawling, anachronistic Soviet relic surrounded by allegedly life-giving mud, and boasting the kind of equipment that would have been state of the art 100 years ago. An atmospheric piece that will linger in the memory. Phil Harrison Continue reading...

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