Greenwood Features

Join us for Bear With Us, a music and art festival to raise awareness and support for mental health and suicide prevention in memory of Joe Apuzzo a.k.a. Joe the Actual Bear. Featuring two stages of music by Mickey Blurr, Blood’s a Rover, Jessi J, Four Leaf Clippers, RivaJean, Part of the Problem, Rehearsal, Max Compton, Kilgore, Margot Miller, Mason Andrew, Owen McBand, Caitlin Farrell, Gender Mutiny, CJ Haviland, Elijah Crehan and K. J. Whitton, plus a special singalong jam, art gallery, and more. All ages event. All proceeds donated to mental health and suicide prevention; recipient organizations TBA. Event Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026 Time: Doors 3:30PM / Music 4-11PM Location: Greenwood Features, 269 Greenwood Ave, Bethel, CT

Canoe Dig It? is a mockumentary comedy about a fictional canoeing competition in Northern Maine for the nonfictional sport of “Freestyle Canoeing,” a form of performative canoeing best described as “canoe dancing.” Competitors paddle out and spin, dip, and “dance” in circles in perfect synchronization with the music of their choice. The film tracks a handful of quirky and curiously relatable competitors vying for the blue ribbon at the Moosehead Regional Finals. We follow our cadre of diverse canoeists’- a cutthroat perfectionist, a backwoods natural, an aging underdog, a squabbling couple of summer camp owners, and a hard rocking bartender- as they prepare for the big stage (lake), seeing glimpses into their personal lives, their eclectic preparation methods, and learning what it takes to make it to the top of the Freestyling world. What does it take to bring home the “Top Paddler” ribbon? Athleticism? Technique? Core Strength? Song choice? These and all your other burning questions will be answered! Saturday, August 8th 7:00 PM – Doors Open & Cocktail Hour 7:30 PM – The Pre-Show Freestyle Canoe Showdown 8:00 PM – Canoe Dig It? Screening 9:40 PM – Post-Film Q&A Mingle with writer/director Sam Dunning

From the legendary Studio Ghibli and director Hayao Miyazaki comes a rollicking adventure about a a young girl with a mysterious crystal pendant who falls out of the sky and into the arms and life of young Pazu. Together they search for a floating island, the site of a long-dead civilization promising enormous wealth and power to those who can unlock its secrets. But greedy pirates, spies, and the army are also all in hot pursuit! As one of Studio Ghibli’s earliest films, and the first to be released officially under the studio’s banner, "Castle in the Sky" quickly established the studio’s reputation for strong heroines, unforgettable storytelling and beautiful artwork. 

If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This June, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to … Disclosure Day.

A dad suddenly departs for the Grand Canyon after reading his daughter's birthday card. His week-long solo hike stirs memories of a previous canyon journey with another woman.

Join us on Saturday July 25th for Little Shop of Horrors with a live shadow cast performance by Apoca-Lips! 7:00 pm: Doors and karaoke 8:00 pm: Show starts 9:30 - 10:30 pm: After Party Tickets: $20 adv / $25 day of  A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.

In MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, Director Travis Knight brings the legendary franchise back to the big screen in this epic live-action adventure. After being separated for 15 years, the Sword of Power leads Prince Adam (Nicholas Galitzine) back to Eternia where he discovers his home shattered under the fiendish rule of Skeletor (Jared Leto). To save his family and his world, Adam must join forces with his closest allies, Teela (Camila Mendes) and Duncan/Man-At-Arms (Idris Elba), and embrace his true destiny as He-Man — the most powerful man in the universe.

This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.

After breaking the mysterious “One Wish Willow” to win his crush’s heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

A beautifully realized tale of civilization versus nature, PRINCESS MONONOKE is a true epic by Japan’s master animator Hayao Miyazaki. While protecting his village from a rampaging boar-god, the young warrior Ashitaka becomes afflicted with a deadly curse. To find the cure that will save his life, he journeys deep into the sacred depths of the Great Forest Spirit’s realm where he meets San (Princess Mononoke), a girl raised by wolves. It’s not long before Ashitaka is caught in the middle of a battle between iron-ore prospecting humans and the forest dwellers. He must summon the spirit-powers and all his courage to stop man and nature from destroying each other. One of Miyazaki’s most dark and mature films and certainly violent, PRINCESS MONONOKE is a fantasy epic with a dire environmental message. The end result is almost Kurosawa-Esque in story and structure. Whilst initial box-office was poor in the West, eventually became Studio Ghibli’s breakthrough film off the back of home video sales.

September 27th brunch party screening! A beautifully realized tale of civilization versus nature, PRINCESS MONONOKE is a true epic by Japan’s master animator Hayao Miyazaki. While protecting his village from a rampaging boar-god, the young warrior Ashitaka becomes afflicted with a deadly curse. To find the cure that will save his life, he journeys deep into the sacred depths of the Great Forest Spirit’s realm where he meets San (Princess Mononoke), a girl raised by wolves. It’s not long before Ashitaka is caught in the middle of a battle between iron-ore prospecting humans and the forest dwellers. He must summon the spirit-powers and all his courage to stop man and nature from destroying each other. One of Miyazaki’s most dark and mature films and certainly violent, PRINCESS MONONOKE is a fantasy epic with a dire environmental message. The end result is almost Kurosawa-Esque in story and structure. Whilst initial box-office was poor in the West, eventually became Studio Ghibli’s breakthrough film off the back of home video sales.

Join us on Sunday August 16th for an evening of Live Music at Greenwood Features. Rick Maguire (from Pile) Yazan The Knife Kickers (solo) Doors at 7pm, music at 8pm. Tickets $20 adv / $25 doors All Ages

Join us for a screening of Road to Everywhere followed by a Q & A with director MIchael Shoob on Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 1pm. A Los Angeles cab driver, Jason Schuyler (Whip Hubley), is offered the fare of a lifetime by driving a local casino dealer and gambler, Jake (Robert Mirabal), to the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, the home he abandoned 30 years ago, to see his grandson compete in a Native American rodeo. But the journey becomes far deeper: a moving reckoning with family, memory, forgiveness, and what truly matters in the time we have left.

Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award®-winning masterpiece "Spirited Away" was the biggest box office hit of all time in Japan and helped redefine the possibilities of animation for American audiences and a generation of new filmmakers. Chichiro thinks she is on another boring trip with her parents. But when they stop at a village that is not all that it seems, her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, and Chihiro is whisked into a world of fantastic spirits, shape-shifting dragons and a witch who never wants to see her leave. She must call on the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world. Combining Japanese mythology with "Alice in Wonderland"-type whimsy, "Spirited Away" cemented Miyazaki’s reputation as an icon of animation and storytelling. Dubbed in English on October 29 and subtitled on October 30, this special two-day event will also feature GKIDS Mini-Fest, an ongoing festival of the best animated shorts from around the world.

Saturday, October 3rd SPLICE Film Festival is a New York Metro (Tri State area) based international film and video art festival for all genres. We are particularly interested in filmmakers whose work is underrepresented either by gender identification, ethnicity, subject/topic. We are open to any and all stories, and are looking to build a community through our festival that is accepting and welcoming for all to submit, and share their work with our live audience. Tickets are $15 adv / $20 at doors

Saturday, June 27th, at 2 PM A reading, theater performance, and short film by members of the Garner Players: Daweed Ben-Yehuda, Felipe Colón, Jamal Gaines, Marquis Jackson, Floyd Lawrence & Lex Melendez with Mark Aldrich, Chris Belden & Beth Young The Garner Players theater troupe was established in 2009 at Garner Correctional Institution, a maximum-security prison in Newtown CT, in order to foster creativity, teamwork & a true sense of rehabilitation. Like the real-life characters depicted in the hit film Sing Sing, the Garner Players wrote, produced, directed & starred in numerous productions for more than a decade.

The toys are back in Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story 5,” and this time it’s Toy meets Tech. Buzz Lightyear (voice of Tim Allen), Woody (voice of Tom Hanks), Jessie (voice of Joan Cusack) and the rest of the gang's jobs are challenged when they come face-to-face with Lilypad (voice of Greta Lee), a brand-new tablet device that arrives with her own disruptive ideas about what is best for their kid, Bonnie. Will playtime ever be the same?

A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.

Join us for the 55th anniversary of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! We're going to have a fun brunch party with all the regular fun fanfare, PJ party, breakfast, mimosa specials, and of course some classic Saturday morning cartoons. But we're taking this even to a new level! Show up and buy concession items for your chance to find a golden ticket! If you find a golden ticket you'll get a free movie ticket plus a free popcorn in drink. WOOHOO!! See if you're one of the lucky few to win and don't miss out on this great movie classic! Doors: 12 pm Cartoons: 12:30 pm Movie showtime: 1:00 pm There will be a short break for trailers and advertising between cartoons and the feature film start time. - - - OFFICIAL RULES, COVENANTS, AND UNMITIGATED ABSURDITIES Please read carefully before entering. By participating, you sign away your rights to complain to Mr. Slugworth. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning, nor will it save you from the Inventing Room. Promotion open only to legal residents of Connecticut who are of sound mind and possess a valid ticket or valid alternate entry. 1. THE PARTY OF THE FIRST PART (The Alternate Method of Entry): To receive a promotional Golden Ticket game piece without making a breakfast purchase, you must comply with the grueling, archaic demands of the Oompa Loompa Legal Division. You must hand-print, in your finest ink, your full legal name, physical mailing address, phone number, and a handwritten 50-word statement explaining why you promise not to touch the Fizzy Lifting Drinks on a 3" x 5" piece of paper. Mail this document in a handwritten envelope with a first-class stamp to: Greenwood Features 269 Greenwood Ave Bethel, CT 06801 Attn: Greenwood's Golden Ticket Sweepstakes. Mail-in requests must be postmarked by July, 30th, 2026 and received by August, 1st 2026. Limit one (1) request per person. Scratching your name on the wall of the theater with a key does not count. 2. ASSUMPTION OF CANDY-RELATED RISKS & LIABILITIES: By entering this theater and participating in the Golden Ticket Promotion, all participants, ticket-holders, and casual observers hereby release the Theater from any and all liability, claims, or demands arising from, but not limited to: Spontaneous blueberrification requiring immediate juicing. Total or partial liquidation in the Chocolate River. Getting stuck in the pneumatic fudge extraction tubes. Falling down the garbage chute due to being classified as a "Bad Nut" by the Sorting Room Geese. 3. FORFEITURE AND SNEAKY BEHAVIOR: If you are caught smuggling Everlasting Gobstoppers out of the theater, or if you violate the sacred laws of the Inventing Room, your entry is immediately forfeit. “Adiós, viajero! Mutatis mutandis! Actus me invito factus non est meus actus!” 4. THE PRIZE: Four(4) lucky winners will receive a free general admission movie ticket to a future non-sold out screening plus a small popcorn and drink. No cash value. Cannot be traded for a lifetime supply of chocolate, a golden goose, or an entire chocolate factory (regardless of what Charlie told you). Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by the Ministry of Confections.