Jimmy Gilmore – Writer – Director

New post at Kil­gan­non Says: We’re in the midst of some rather trans­for­ma­tive times. Espe­cially if you hap­pen to live in the Mid­dle East.  Some are cred­it­ing Face­book and Twit­ter as key cat­a­lysts that helped to over­throw a 40-year dic­ta­tor­ship in Egypt. This phe­nom­e­non has spread through­out the Arab world from Yemen to Bahrain and is […]

When Arcade Fire took home record of the year Sun­day, a lot of peo­ple made note that an indie upstart, not asso­ci­ated with a big label was able to write, per­form and pro­duce, all by them­selves, the best album of the year. Unlike the “Lady,” they didn’t need the big machine of pro­duc­ers, mar­keters, and […]

The old moto was “shoot it on 35.” And if there were good folks behind the lens, you were vir­tu­ally ensured a decent neg­a­tive to make pretty pic­tures in post pro­duc­tion. “Shoot it in HD” has a lot less mean­ing. In fact, HD is a deliv­ery for­mat and not really a cam­era for­mat. And since […]