"Film for Her" by Orion Carloto is a poetic journey that elegantly intertwines words and visuals to explore themes of love, loss, and self-discovery. Carloto's prose is beautifully complemented by her evocative photography, creating a seamless blend of art forms that captivates the reader. The book is a reflection on the complexities of relationships and the introspective moments that shape one's path.

With its intimate and vulnerable narrative style, "Film for Her" invites readers into a personal space where emotions are laid bare. Carloto's artistry, both in her writing and photography, offers a multidimensional experience that resonates with those who appreciate the intersection of words and visuals in storytelling.

For admirers of poetic prose and visual storytelling, "Film for Her" stands as a poignant and aesthetically pleasing exploration of life's profound moments.

Orion Carloto does it again with this gorgeous poetry book filled with words that make you feel and images that will inspire. I have been a fan of Carloto's art for years and it's no surprise to me when she produces something beautiful for her readers to indulge in.

I really loved this mixed media collection. It is stunning and the stories, poems, and photos all work so well together to tell an all encompassing story of what it means to be beautifully human. To celebrate the present, hold on to the past, and look to the future. It is a super aesthetic an beautiful book that I know so many will love.

The poems in this book were trite and derivative of the 'Rich American girl in Paris/New York' cliche. 'Film for Her' is for a very specific demographic that would sacrifice substance for aesthetics. The photographs didn't add anything to this work other than provide a slight contrast to the quality of the writing.

This book was sent to me as an ARC on NetGalley. However all opinions are of my own.
I really did I enjoy this poetry book - it was different. I loved all of the Polaroid’s that were included too. It was good to gage what Orion was trying to Explain.
The poems were relatable and I loved the writing style.

A mix of personal poetry and photography, Film for Her is a documentation of growing up. While I liked the theme and found the photos to be really interesting (especially in the 90s indie band album cover style of composition), the poems weren't for me. A good example is 'Reflections after January':

I thought I had a dream, but it wasn't mine.
In front of me: mirage of you so cruelly lonely.
Mutilation in your expressions, mocking my gentle
attempts
to write a poem out of this

I fear this insignificance that's needled
it's way back into my frontal cortex.
A past of watching the kids eat from their silver spoons,
close enough to feel their body heat
but far enough to be teased.

Growing restless in this weary mind,
savaging what once was,
you become a figment
in the rifts of my imagination
only appearing when I close my eyes
long enough to feel my hollowness.

There's lots of emotion there, but the language is too simultaneously straightforward and vague for me to really enjoy. 2.5 stars.

Film for Her is a great collection of Carloto's poetry, prose, and photography. This felt genuine, thoughtful, and personal.

This collection of poetry reads as more of a memoir of sorts. There is poems, photography, and prose documenting Carloto’s life. She writes of the ups and downs she faced and about the people she loves most. There were several poems that resonated with me personally, having also spent some time in Paris. I fell in love with her poetry reading Flux and although this collection is completely different, I really enjoyed it. I feel like Carloto’s writing has grown and changed since her first collection and it was interesting to see her write about more than just love.

This is the first poetry collection I've read from Orion Carloto, and it has been a good surprise. The combination of both poetry and photography was the strongest feature on the book. While I liked (and related to) several poems, most of them weren't my cup of tea. Overall, it was a nice discovery.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for letting me read this before publication date.

Young poet Orion Carloto is a wonder. Her words hit you like a force of nature. In her second book, Film For Her, her poems tackle a wide range of emotions we all feel everyday. When a book has the power to strip you of the walls you have built up and allows you to be vulnerable and be seen, that is magic. Carloto has that magic. Whether she’s writing about a lost love, the beauty of true friendship, or the sense of love for the city you live in, she does it in such a way that romanticizes it, yet shows how real and painful these things may be.

The inclusion of Carloto’s own personal film photos in this book only add to the emotion behind her words, putting a face to her different muses.

Flipping through the pages of this book invokes a sensation of the unreal, teleports you to another realm. This realm is one I would like to stay in. A world where lost love is painful, but romanticized and helps to shape who we are today. A world where friendship can be the greatest love in our lives. A world where the city you live in becomes a part of you, all of it’s flaws exactly what you need.

I felt as if someone was sprinkling magic over top of me as I read this book because of how incredibly inspired I became after reading her words. As someone who also over romanticizes, Carloto’s words have a way of drawing out the absolutes in all of us and they make you feel seen and heard. It is a talent few people hold, and I am glad that someone so wondrous and full of pure goodness decided that she needed to share this magic with the world.

heartfelt and charming. Orion has captured the essence of her soul in this beautiful book of photos and words. accessible yet artistic, poetic, and darling. The perfect coffee table read or a good book for someone who wants to dip your toe into poetry

This book of poetry I honestly didn't enjoy that much. I did enjoy the poetry with rhyming schemes but, the ones that were formatted like paragraphs really threw me off. I loved how some of the poetry had images to go along with it. But, I really thought I would be able to finish this collection of poetry in one day and I had to read it in three sittings because it just couldn't keep my attention for a one sitting collection. The images went along with the sections of poetry but, some of them were disturbing so, with all this being said I rated this collection a three star because it didn't keep me interested and I feel like it was lacking something but, I couldn't put my finger exactly on it.

thanks to the publisher and netgalley for providing me with this advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

absolutely dripping in nostalgia, orion carloto's film for her is like taking a look into someone's diary and learning who they truly are. the book contains poetry, but it also contains photographs, letters and other things that make up a person and capture our memories. it feels deeply personal to carloto and if you don't have an interest in her as a person it might not be the perfect fit for you. but even if you have no idea who carloto is I think you can get something from her work, because as we begin to understand the depths of another person we can begin to understand ourselves.

film for her didn't always work for me, some poems felt a bit generic, shallow and sometimes like they were trying to hard to be deep. that's not saying that's the reality of what the poems actually are, but I think that will happen with most poetry collections, not everything will resonate. but what did resonate with me in this collection, resonated a lot. the themes of loneliness, family, longing and heartbreak hit very deep and throughout a lot of the collection I felt nostalgic for a past that I haven't even lived myself.

seeing the world through orion carloto's rose-tinted glasses, with this collection, was a delight and I would recommend anyone who feels like it would be the right fit for them to do the same.

Thank you NetGalley, Orion Carloto, & the publishing company for sending me this Arc to read.
Film for Her is a mixture of poetry, prose, & photography romanticizing lovers and life while share bits and pieces of her life. The 35mm photos included were lovely and tied in with the poetry beautifully.

Film for Her is a literary exploration. I love the way that Orion Carloto uses the written word and connects us to the power of poetic work in a difficult time. There's much to appreciate about this book.

In Orion Carloto's follow-up, she mixes photography and poetry together, to create a portrait of a woman transitioning to adulthood and better understanding of past experiences. I really liked the photography and found they complemented the poems well.

While I was not a fan of all the poems, I thought the poems that reflected her childhood and her parents were highlights from the collection.

I received this book from NetGalley as an eARC in exchange for a review.

Film For Her is Orion Carloto's second poetry book. I have not read her first book but after reading this one I may have to. I enjoyed the style of her poetry and it felt very authentic. While not all the poems resonated with me because I don't have similar experiences to back up what she felt, I really appreciated how personal the pieces were.

this is the first ever poetry book that I’ve actually sat down and read that wasn’t for school and I really really enjoyed it. I actually finished it in one sitting, which is not my norm. To be fair, it was fairly short.

I think that the themes brought up in many of the poems were quite relatable to anyone pursuing an artistic career. I didn’t relate to everything the author said in this book, but of course that’s because the poems were about her own unique experience. I liked both the poems and the photographs in this book, though I often didn’t see the connection between them. I wouldn't necessarily suggest this to anyone who isn’t a huge poetry fan, but if you do like poetry I think you should check it out (it’s out tomorrow)!

(3-3.25) This book was good, but it wasn't necessarily everything I was hoping for. The poetry was above average, and I liked how the images matched with the stories/poems. The author is clearly talented and she is good at portraying large parts of her life in small chunks. Overall, though, this collection felt a bit all over the place. Sure, the individual poems and stories and photos were good, but to what end? I'm not sure what I was supposed to get out of this (except for what the author wrote in the acknowledgments), which could have either been Carloto not really pushing forward a larger central message or me just not getting it. Either way, it was still worth my time, and I'll pick her up again in the future if I get the chance.

I fell completely in love with Flux when I read it 2 years ago so I was so very excited to discover Film for Her.
Where Flux made me feel things intensely, made me fall in love, and experience heartbreaks, Film for Her focused on life itself, not on the highs nor the lows, but on the inbetweens, as Carloto says herself, on melancholy and nostalgia, on the longing, on the loneliness.
I love Carloto's writing, I always see myself in her poems, they always make me feel like myself. I loved seeing all her photos too, glimpses of her everyday life. Paired with the poems they hold so many emotions and memories.
Film for Her made me think of my past, of my future, it made me sad from time to time, but mostly it appeased me and soothed me. I do not like loneliness, but I love bathing in nostalgia and melancholy from time to time, and this book did just that.
I've been following Orion Carloto for a while, we're the same age, and I love seeing her grow through her poetry, and seeing myself in her poetry, as if we're growing alonside each other.