OP,
I'd suggest you get an inexpensive used DSLR instead... film is a lot more involved to shoot with, requires a lot more planning and care, and there isn't the immediate feedback you can get with digital.
For color, slide film gives you the best control over the results. It's not subject to someone's interpretation and sloppy processing, the way consumer print film is.
With black and white, yes you can "soup" silver based film yourself, but it scans very poorly. You would be better off making a print the old fashioned way, then scanning that.
There is also C41 processed black and white film, which you drop off for processing at the same lab as color print film. It makes sort of low contrast prints, but scans much better than silver based B&W film.
Color print film is the easiest to get processed quickly, locally.... But you are at the mercy of the operator and their quality control process... which can be pretty bad. There are still a few pro labs around who can handle film, but the cost is much, much higher ($45 to $75 per roll, for pro quality work). You can have color print film scanned at the time of processing for around $10 or $15 extra, but the results are low resolution. For better quality, either scan it yourself or send it out for a high quality scan (that will cost up to $100 per image, maybe a little less if you do a lot, maybe a little more if it's just an individual image or two.)
Doing your own scanning is time-consuming. The best quality scans take around 10 or 15 minutes per image and the resulting files are huge. I have a 4000 dpi Nikon scanner that generates 130MB files... And for 8x10 prints I can get as good or better results from an 8 or 10MP camera.
So I'd suggest instead pick up a used 40D or 50D, or maybe a 5D classic if you must have "full frame" (FF is massive overkill for most people's actual uses). Then start collecting some quality lenses.
If you do want a film camera to play around with, I'd suggest one of the later EOS models, so that the lenses you get for it can later be used on a DSLR. EOS-3 is a great, pro quality camera. The Elan 7 models (EOS 30 and 33 outside the US/N. America market) is also a fine model.
There are many great films.... I shot a lot of slides, especially Velvia 50, Ektachrome 100 VS and 200. For B&W I really liked Fuji Acros 100 and good old Tri-X 400. But I have a darkroom that handles 35mm, medium and large format, and many years experience souping my own film and making my own prints. For a while I was doing my own color film processing and printing from both color neg and slide films. But that's a real pain to do... nasty chemicals and very tight temperature control is necessary... not to mention complete darkness for a lot of the work.
In the end I think you'd find that you would spend more money on a film camera, processing and printing, than you would just getting a decent, used DSLR now.
I recommend Adobe Elements to work with your images. It's got some features from both Lightroom and Photoshop, without being too overwhelming.
