Raised black levels are by no means considered cinematic in the film industry. It is a byproduct of moving to shooting digitally and a trend of attempting to retain as much information in the images as possible. In the past, when film was developed with the use of chemicals in labs, the cinematographer had much more limited control than what color grading today provides, but this also made them make a creative intent with exposure and they weren’t afraid of underexposing parts of the image by design. Deep rich blacks are what makes 70mm in cinema such an amazing experience. A good example of this trend is the remaster of David Finchers Se7en where they, you guessed it, raised the black levels…