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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 35 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.3/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 91 out of 100, based on eight critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Sam Bodrojan of IndieWire gave the film a B+ and wrote that it "is a sincere ode to the queer iconoclast."
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39 of 39 · most liked firstHappy BARBARA FOREVER release date ❤️ this is an incredible film and if you can catch it at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social this weekend, you should.
unlabelledView post →Brydie O'Connor's doc Barbara Forever, celebrating the essential queer filmmaker Barbara Hammer, just won the Teddy at the Berlinale. Can't wait to see it. #filmsky 📽️ (Lil' typo in this Deadline headline.)
unlabelledView post →@seattlecritics.bsky.social member @theendofcinema.bsky.social with @nwfilmforum.bsky.social programmer Cole Wilder. Sean introduced RRR, and not Barbara Forever or The Terrorizers, but they're worth seeing, too. Thanks to Sean for the crash course in Rajamouli and Cole for most everything else.
unlabelledView post →Barbara Forever often feels like a Barbara Hammer film itself, excelling as its own entertaining work of art while paying tribute to a pioneer of queer cinema and larger, cultural queer identity. Read @djmecca.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review from Sundance:
unlabelledView post →Barbara Hammer refused to be hidden. “Barbara Forever,” directed by Brydie O’Connor, celebrates her radical legacy and the generations of queer artists she inspired. The film premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and is now playing in select theaters. Read more: sndnc.org/4dkCXv8
unlabelledView post →Barbara Forever often feels like a Barbara Hammer film itself, excelling as its own entertaining work of art while paying tribute to a pioneer of queer cinema and a larger, cultural queer identity. Read @djmecca.bsky.social's review as the doc opens in theaters: thefilmstage.com/sundance-rev...
unlabelledView post →I'm excited to share my very special interview with Brydie O'Connor about her very special documentary BARBARA FOREVER and archiving as an act of love. inreviewonline.com/2026/09/09/a...
unlabelledView post →From executive producers Kristen Stewart and Christine Vachon, Brydie O’Connor’s Barbara Hammer documentary Barbara Forever opens September 4 at Film Forum. Watch the trailer:
unlabelledView post →this weekend I saw barbara hammer doc Barbara Forever and Castration Movie 3 Part 0.5 Disk Sector 9 [Defragmentation Needed]
unlabelledView post →@pkeough1.bsky.social reviews two superior docs at #WickedQueer: The Boston LGBTQ+ Film Festival: Brydie O’Connor’s "Barbara Forever" and Fil Ieropoulos’s "Uchronia." artsfuse.org/327035/doc-t...
unlabelledView post →“I’m creating a lesbian history in a world where we’re invisible.” "Barbara Forever," directed by Brydie O’Connor, celebrates Barbara Hammer’s fearless, five-decade career of experimental filmmaking, queer storytelling, and radical self-expression. 1/2
unlabelledView post →Killer is heading to Sundance with BARBARA FOREVER-- delighted to be part of this extraordinary film!!! www.indiewire.com/news/festiva...
unlabelledView post →Innaritu's 'Digger,' Taika Waititi's 'Klara and the Sun,' Jesse Eisenberg's 'The Debut,' 'Barbara Forever' at @bampfa.bsky.social 'The Social Reckoning,' the Arab Film Festival—plus bears in hot tubs at SF CritterFest? See you at the movies #FallsArtsPreview
unlabelledView post →September! 1+13: The Battle of Algiers 3: Hundreds of Beavers 4-6: Barbara Forever 10: Winter Hymns (w/ director!) 11-12: The Hole (35mm print!) 15: Medium Cool 18-20: Filipiñiana Wajda Centennial: 17: Kanał 22: Ashes & Diamonds 24: The Promised Land 25: Man of Marble 26: Man of Iron 27: Danton
unlabelledView post →Another @sydfilmfest.bsky.social review for reDocumented, this time the sublime BARBARA FOREVER. A film as essential as the work of Barbara Hammer about whose life and works it covers. Really beautiful stuff! redocumented.ghost.io/sydney-film-...
unlabelledView post →In BARBARA FOREVER, experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer receives a welcome survey of her legacy of putting women's lives, loves, and bodies on film. #Sundance2026 povmagazine.com/barbara-fore...
unlabelledView post →#Sundance2026 Day 3 capsule reviews by me and @vjmfilms.bsky.social: THE INVITE; THE SHITHEADS; LEVITICUS; BARBARA FOREVER; BIRDS OF WAR; FILIPIÑANA; PARALYZED BY HOPE: THE MARIA BAMFORD STORY; LEVITATING (PARA PERASUK), NUISANCE BEAR. www.cityweekly.net/film/sundanc...
unlabelledView post →I need to get my movie watchlist together. Thanks for the heads-up about Barbara Forever!
unlabelledView post →BARBARA FOREVER Debut doc dir Brydie O'Connor immerses audience in images & words of pioneering lesbian experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer as archive moves @filmforumnyc.bsky.social 9/11 LA 9/18 SF, Chicago more @strandreleasing filmforum.org/film/barbara... strandreleasing.com/films/barbar...
unlabelledView post →‘Barbara Forever’ Is the Experimental #Lesbian Film to See https://www.vulture.com/article/barbara-forever-is-the-experimental-lesbian-film-to-see.html # lgbt
unlabelledView post →Barbara Forever. Barbara Hammer documentary, Brydie O'Connor, dir., 2026 Know your lesbian film history! www.frameline.org/films/framel...
unlabelledView post →An article in Diva Magazine with the byline 'editor' links to the review of Barbara Forever I wrote for @intheirownleague.bsky.social so why not just go straight to my work? intheirownleague.com/2026/02/13/s...
unlabelledView post →This year, @Berlinale brings us the first three queer documentaries in the TEDDY AWARD selection. ⸻ DOCUMENTARY FILM Lineup 2026 Part 1: JARIPEO - directed by Efraín Mojica & Rebecca Zweig LA FACE CACHÉE DE LA TERRE - directed by Arnaud Alain BARBARA FOREVER - directed by Brydie O'Connor
unlabelledView post →NEXT UP!! Day 2, Watch 31: BARBARA FOREVER, Brydie O’Connor's doc on the legend Barbara Hammer festival.sundance.org/program/film...
unlabelledView post →Experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer gets the documentary treatment in Brydie O’Connor’s #Sundance2026 film BARBARA FOREVER. Chris Reed has this review.... www.hammertonail.com/reviews/barb... @chrisreedfilm.bsky.social
unlabelledView post →Such a great film - and it’s about time! Read my review of Barbara Forever @povmagazine.bsky.social This comprehensive documentary portrait premiered at #Sundance2026 👇
unlabelledView post →Review: Barbara Forever https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movie-review/review-barbara-forever/
unlabelledView post →It was a joy and honor to host the theatrical premiere of BARBARA FOREVER this past weekend with Brydie O’Connor and film team 💜 Join us for two more Q&As with team this coming wknd on Sat 9/12 & Sun 9/13 📸Emma Rose Milligan
unlabelledView post →@garymkramer.bsky.social talks to Brydie O’Connor, director of BARBARA FOREVER, for Gay City News gaycitynews.com/filmmaker-br...
unlabelledView post →BARBARA FOREVER opens in NYC Thurs, Sept 4 at Film Forum 🎬 Exploring the life & legacy of pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer, executive produced by Kristen Stewart & Christine Vachon. 🎟️ MIX NYC discount: code MIXNYC for up to 2 $14 tickets at Film Forum! Tickets: barbaraforeverfilm.com
unlabelledView post →Film Forum · BARBARA FOREVER filmforum.org/film/barbara...
unlabelledView post →‘Barbara Forever’ Trailer: A Documentary as Radical as the Lesbian Avant-Garde Filmmaker It’s About https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.indiewire.com/news/trailers/barbara-hammer-documentary-barbara-forever-trailer-watch-1235207160/
unlabelledView post →Just saw BARBARA FOREVER at Outfest in LA. It’s a beautiful and poignant documentary about the groundbreaking lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer. I so highly recommend this film! Try to see it on the big screen.
unlabelledView post →Provincetown International Film Festival Reveals 2026 Award Winners: ‘Trial of Hein,’ ‘Maddie’s Secret,’ ‘Barbara Forever,’ and More HEADLINES - FOR GAY MEN flipboard.com/@noosafoto/g...
unlabelledView post →‘Barbara Forever’ Review: Filmmaker Brydie O’Connor Channels the Radical Queer Spirit of Barbara Hammer https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/barbara-forever-review-1236644009/
unlabelledView post →Good film-on film-double bill at #Sundance with Barbara Forever and American Pachuco, although quite a different feat of showing vs. telling...Hammer doc comes out on top. 🔨🔨 Glad to have skipped Melania this weekend to cram in a few more films during the fest!
unlabelledView post →Winner of the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award, BARBARA FOREVER salutes the career of trailblazing experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer, who broke ground for lesbian representation and queer love stories. #Sundance povmagazine.com/barbara-fore...
unlabelledView post →"Obsessed with the transformative power of the image, she wanted to use the camera to turn the tables on the male gaze, imagining women loving women without their participation." Sundance film Barbara Forever explores Lesbian Icon Barbara Hammer journeyintocinema.com/barbara-fore...
unlabelledView post →‘Barbara Forever’ Review: A Loving and Intimate Tribute to a Queer Cinema Legend https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/barbara-forever-documentary-review-1235173964/
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