A lonely garbage man named Simon Grim puts his ear to the ground in Woodside, Queens, and summons a scoundrel who will upend the lives of everyone around him. Henry Fool ("centuries ago it had an E at the end") is a depraved horndog, a felon, a writer of a magnum opus (unfinished), and he cracks open Simon's world like an egg. While Henry Fool contains all the humanist trappings of Hartley's earlier films (deadpan humor, blue collar weirdos, artistic struggle), it deepens and darkens that work, going down a twisted path strewn with domestic violence, suicide, pedophilia, a '90s version of MAGA, plus its fair share of excrement and puke. All of which makes CFS very proud to be the archival custodians of Hal Hartley's 35mm films, including this one. Starring James Urbaniak as Simon, Thomas Jay Ryan as Henry, an underrated Kevin Corrigan, and always fabulous Parker Posey as Fay Grim – she of chronic bedhead and a bad attitude. (Chicago Film Society)