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nickd
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Casablanca and Amélie Poulain...

I have the remastered version of Casablanca, and the lighting and camera work shows up beautifully.  

There are conversations between Bergmann and Bogart where the camera switches between them.  He's lit in stark, high contrast; she's lit in soft, low contrast.   It's a wonderful effect.  A friend who works in film post-production doing colour and image balance (no idea what the job is called), said they wouldn't be allowed to do that now as the ideal is to go for consistency and uniformity of lighting quality.  Shame - it's this sort of touch that really adds something.  I love old Hollywood B&W.

My current favourite modern (everything is relative) film is Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain .  There are evenings when I need something harmless and plain straightforward daft, and this fits the bill perfectly.

I'm slowly introducing my wife to Asiatic conema, but it's an uphill struggle.  I may try Seven Samouri. 

nick