35mm Classic Film Series

UCPAC invites you back to Camp Crystal Lake for Friday the 13th Part II in 35mm. We don’t want to scare you, but we’re going to give it to you straight about our Summer Slasher night. It’s going to slay!

Join us for UCPAC Film Fest 2024, a one-day event featuring screenings of short films, panel discussions, prizes, and more!

Join us for our Silent Movie Day Celebration 2024, saluting this timeless art form enjoyed for generations! We’ll begin the festivities with a screening of the Laurel & Hardy short Habeus Corpus, followed by Buster Keaton’s Steamboat Bill, Jr. which includes one of the most famous film stunts of all time! Organ accompaniment for both movies will be performed by Ian Fraser on our “Biggest Little Wurlitzer”. Enjoy free popcorn, themed drinks, and more. Please dress in black, white, and/or gray and get ready for your close up!

Join us for Fritz Lang’s 1927 classic Metropolis, a visually stunning silent film with organ accompaniment by award-winning organist Ian Fraser. Themed drinks and free popcorn!

One, two, Freddy’s coming for YOU! Join us for @jerseygirltravels and UCPAC’s presentation of A Nightmare on Elm Street in 35mm! Come early and shop our spooky vendors, sip themed drinks throughout the night, and enter for your chance to win a movie poster signed by Heather Langenkamp (Nancy)! Snap selfies at our photo op spot and celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary with us!

Wait a second, let us get this straight. We’re telling you that we’re showing The Lost Boys in 35mm with themed drinks, a costume contest, and an 80s Goth Rave dance party on our stage after the movie — ON HALLOWEEN??!!

Let’s do the Time Warp again! Come see The Rocky Horror Picture Show – A Live Movie Experience with the Cosmic Light Cabaret Shadowcast! Please note: This showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show will be a digital presentation.

The Mahoning Drive-In Road Show is rolling into our Main Stage, and you’re invited to join us a night of cinematic nostalgia and thrills! This one-of-a-kind event brings the legendary Mahoning Drive-In Theater experience indoors with an unforgettable double feature of John Carpenter’s The Fog and Don Coscarelli’s cult classic Phantasm in 35mm, along with Virgil and Mark from Mahoning hosting, vendors, and so much more!

Back by popular demand! Join us for our Black & White Night 2025, a fun evening of short silent films, accompanied by award-winning organist Ian Fraser on our “Biggest Little Wurlitzer”. Whether you’re a silent film buff or are experiencing a silent movie for the first time, you’re sure to be amazed and entertained!

Experience The Godfather in 35mm at Union County Performing Arts Center’s Third Thursday Film Series. Photo ops, themed drinks, and more!

Celebrate cinema at UCPAC Film Fest 2025 with a lineup of films, panel discussions, and unforgettable experiences in a historic venue.

Join us May 16 for the Opening Ceremony of the second annual UCPAC Film Fest with feature presentation Singin’ in the Rain in Rahway, NJ.

This Juneteenth, join us for Dreamgirls in 35mm (rated PG-13). Enjoy themed drinks, photo ops, and more surprises all evening. When the movies over, we’re telling you, we’re not going – and neither are you! Immediately after the film, come up on stage and dance to your favorite Motown and R&B tunes!

UCPAC marks Hispanic Heritage Month with a screening of “La Bamba,” starring Lou Diamond Phillips, in 35mm. After the movie, join us on UCPAC’s Main Stage after “La Bamba” for a dance party featuring Valens’ music and other Latin rock and pop hits by the artists he inspired!

Who you gonna call this Halloween Eve? “Ghostbusters,” of course! Kick off your Halloween weekend with this 1984 comedy classic in 35mm, starring Dan Ackroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, and Sigourney Weaver. With a costume contest, themed cocktails, photo op, and more!

Join us for “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” the groundbreaking 1998 cartoon/live-action comedy classic that blends noir-style intrigue with cartoon chaos! Enjoy themed drinks, a fun photo op, and other surprises at this 35mm presentation of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” – part of the I. Joseph Hyatt Classic Film Series.

Don’t break out heart – join us for “The Godfather Part II” in 35mm at UCPAC’s Main Stage! With themed cocktails, a “Kiss of Death” photo op, and other surprises.

What good is sitting alone in your room? Come to “Cabaret,” the best movie musical of all time (Forbes) at UCPAC’s Main Stage! Join us for this 35mm screening of the 1972 classic film that won eight Academy Awards, including Best Director (Bob Fosse), Best Actress (Liza Minnelli as Sally Bowles), and Best Supporting Actor (Joel Grey as the Master of Ceremonies).

Calling all Bettys and Baldwins! Totally pause at our photo op for some rad pics, and don’t forget to grab some sweet treats and cocktails in our Café when you come to see “Clueless” in 35mm!

Join us for John Waters’ notorious 1972 cult classic “Pink Flamingos,” starring the inimitable Divine as a self-proclaimed queen of filth competing in a grotesque rivalry for the title of “the filthiest person alive.”