diff --git a/crates/polars-expr/src/expressions/binary.rs b/crates/polars-expr/src/expressions/binary.rs
index a446276ce9b6..b3ba90a21447 100644
--- a/crates/polars-expr/src/expressions/binary.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-expr/src/expressions/binary.rs
@@ -287,13 +287,8 @@ impl PhysicalExpr for BinaryExpr {
             _ => return None,
         };
 
-        let Some(value) = other.evaluate_inline() else {
-            return None;
-        };
-
-        let Some(value) = value.as_scalar_column() else {
-            return None;
-        };
+        let value = other.evaluate_inline()?;
+        let value = value.as_scalar_column()?;
 
         let scalar = value.scalar();
         use Operator as O;
diff --git a/crates/polars-io/src/parquet/read/read_impl.rs b/crates/polars-io/src/parquet/read/read_impl.rs
index c41ca33ff294..6f39e634ebc2 100644
--- a/crates/polars-io/src/parquet/read/read_impl.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-io/src/parquet/read/read_impl.rs
@@ -297,7 +297,13 @@ fn rg_to_dfs_prefiltered(
         }
     }
 
-    let do_parquet_expr = std::env::var("POLARS_PARQUET_EXPR").as_deref() == Ok("1");
+    let do_parquet_expr = std::env::var("POLARS_NO_PARQUET_EXPR").as_deref() != Ok("1")
+        && live_columns.len() == 1
+        && !schema
+            .get(live_columns[0].as_str())
+            .unwrap()
+            .dtype()
+            .is_nested();
     let column_exprs = do_parquet_expr.then(|| {
         live_columns
             .iter()
@@ -381,7 +387,9 @@ fn rg_to_dfs_prefiltered(
                         let (mut series, pred_true_mask) =
                             column_idx_to_series(col_idx, part.as_slice(), filter, schema, store)?;
 
-                        debug_assert!(pred_true_mask.is_empty() || pred_true_mask.len() == md.num_rows());
+                        debug_assert!(
+                            pred_true_mask.is_empty() || pred_true_mask.len() == md.num_rows()
+                        );
                         match equals_scalar {
                             None => {
                                 try_set_sorted_flag(&mut series, col_idx, &sorting_map);
@@ -400,51 +408,72 @@ fn rg_to_dfs_prefiltered(
 
                 // Apply the predicate to the live columns and save the dataframe and the bitmask
                 let md = &file_metadata.row_groups[rg_idx];
+                let filter_mask: Bitmap;
                 let mut df: DataFrame;
 
-                let filter_mask = match &filters[0] {
-                    None => {
-                        // Create without hive columns - the first merge phase does not handle hive partitions. This also saves
-                        // some unnecessary filtering.
-                        df = unsafe { DataFrame::new_no_checks(md.num_rows(), live_columns) };
-
-                        materialize_hive_partitions(
-                            &mut df,
-                            schema.as_ref(),
-                            hive_partition_columns,
-                            md.num_rows(),
+                if let Some(Some(f)) = filters.first() {
+                    if f.set_bits() == 0 {
+                        if config::verbose() {
+                            eprintln!("parquet filter mask found that row group can be skipped");
+                        }
+
+                        return Ok(None);
+                    }
+
+                    if let Some(rc) = &row_index {
+                        df = unsafe { DataFrame::new_no_checks(md.num_rows(), vec![]) };
+                        df.with_row_index_mut(
+                            rc.name.clone(),
+                            Some(rg_offsets[rg_idx] + rc.offset),
                         );
+                        df = df.filter(&BooleanChunked::from_chunk_iter(
+                            PlSmallStr::EMPTY,
+                            [BooleanArray::new(ArrowDataType::Boolean, f.clone(), None)],
+                        ))?;
+                        unsafe { df.column_extend_unchecked(live_columns) };
+                    } else {
+                        df = DataFrame::new(live_columns).unwrap();
+                    }
+                    filter_mask = f.clone();
+                } else {
+                    df = unsafe { DataFrame::new_no_checks(md.num_rows(), live_columns.clone()) };
+
+                    materialize_hive_partitions(
+                        &mut df,
+                        schema.as_ref(),
+                        hive_partition_columns,
+                        md.num_rows(),
+                    );
 
-                        let s = predicate.evaluate_io(&df)?;
-                        let mask = s.bool().expect("filter predicates was not of type boolean");
+                    let s = predicate.evaluate_io(&df)?;
+                    let mask = s.bool().expect("filter predicates was not of type boolean");
 
-                        if let Some(rc) = &row_index {
-                            df.with_row_index_mut(
-                                rc.name.clone(),
-                                Some(rg_offsets[rg_idx] + rc.offset),
-                            );
-                        }
-                        df = df.filter(mask)?;
+                    // Create without hive columns - the first merge phase does not handle hive partitions. This also saves
+                    // some unnecessary filtering.
+                    df = unsafe { DataFrame::new_no_checks(md.num_rows(), live_columns) };
 
-                        let mut filter_mask = MutableBitmap::with_capacity(mask.len());
+                    if let Some(rc) = &row_index {
+                        df.with_row_index_mut(
+                            rc.name.clone(),
+                            Some(rg_offsets[rg_idx] + rc.offset),
+                        );
+                    }
+                    df = df.filter(mask)?;
 
-                        // We need to account for the validity of the items
-                        for chunk in mask.downcast_iter() {
-                            match chunk.validity() {
-                                None => filter_mask.extend_from_bitmap(chunk.values()),
-                                Some(validity) => {
-                                    filter_mask.extend_from_bitmap(&(validity & chunk.values()))
-                                },
-                            }
+                    let mut mut_filter_mask = MutableBitmap::with_capacity(mask.len());
+
+                    // We need to account for the validity of the items
+                    for chunk in mask.downcast_iter() {
+                        match chunk.validity() {
+                            None => mut_filter_mask.extend_from_bitmap(chunk.values()),
+                            Some(validity) => {
+                                mut_filter_mask.extend_from_bitmap(&(validity & chunk.values()))
+                            },
                         }
+                    }
 
-                        filter_mask.freeze()
-                    },
-                    Some(f) => {
-                        df = unsafe { DataFrame::new_no_checks(f.set_bits(), live_columns) };
-                        f.clone()
-                    },
-                };
+                    filter_mask = mut_filter_mask.freeze();
+                }
 
                 debug_assert_eq!(md.num_rows(), filter_mask.len());
                 debug_assert_eq!(df.height(), filter_mask.set_bits());
diff --git a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/dictionary_encoded/mod.rs b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/dictionary_encoded/mod.rs
index a74413ee9169..84908554435e 100644
--- a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/dictionary_encoded/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/dictionary_encoded/mod.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ impl IndexMapping for usize {
     }
 }
 
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub fn decode_dict<T: NativeType>(
     values: HybridRleDecoder<'_>,
     dict: &[T],
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ pub fn decode_dict<T: NativeType>(
 }
 
 #[inline(never)]
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub fn decode_dict_dispatch<B: AlignedBytes, D: IndexMapping<Output = B>>(
     mut values: HybridRleDecoder<'_>,
     dict: D,
diff --git a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/dictionary_encoded/predicate.rs b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/dictionary_encoded/predicate.rs
index 07db87fab9f9..2af9c3cf933d 100644
--- a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/dictionary_encoded/predicate.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/dictionary_encoded/predicate.rs
@@ -38,12 +38,10 @@ pub fn decode<B: AlignedBytes, D: IndexMapping<Output = B>>(
             .set_bits();
             target.resize(target.len() + num_values, dict.get(needle as u32).unwrap());
         }
+    } else if predicate.include_values {
+        decode_multiple_values(values, dict, dict_mask, target, pred_true_mask)?;
     } else {
-        if predicate.include_values {
-            decode_multiple_values(values, dict, dict_mask, target, pred_true_mask)?;
-        } else {
-            decode_multiple_no_values(values, dict_mask, pred_true_mask)?;
-        }
+        decode_multiple_no_values(values, dict_mask, pred_true_mask)?;
     }
 
     assert_eq!(expected_pred_true_mask_len, pred_true_mask.len());
diff --git a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/fixed_size_binary.rs b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/fixed_size_binary.rs
index 039d2e90ab5a..2c8e606d0059 100644
--- a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/fixed_size_binary.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/fixed_size_binary.rs
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ impl utils::Decoded for (FSBVec, MutableBitmap) {
     fn len(&self) -> usize {
         self.0.len()
     }
-    
+
     fn extend_nulls(&mut self, n: usize) {
         match &mut self.0 {
             FSBVec::Size1(v) => v.resize(v.len() + n, Zeroable::zeroed()),
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ impl utils::Decoded for (FSBVec, MutableBitmap) {
     }
 }
 
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 fn decode_fsb_plain(
     size: usize,
     values: &[u8],
@@ -547,8 +548,13 @@ impl Decoder for BinaryDecoder {
         additional: &dyn arrow::array::Array,
         is_optional: bool,
     ) -> ParquetResult<()> {
-        let additional = additional.as_any().downcast_ref::<FixedSizeBinaryArray>().unwrap();
-        decoded.0.extend_from_byte_slice(additional.values().as_slice());
+        let additional = additional
+            .as_any()
+            .downcast_ref::<FixedSizeBinaryArray>()
+            .unwrap();
+        decoded
+            .0
+            .extend_from_byte_slice(additional.values().as_slice());
         match additional.validity() {
             Some(v) => decoded.1.extend_from_bitmap(v),
             None if is_optional => decoded.1.extend_constant(additional.len(), true),
diff --git a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/mod.rs b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/mod.rs
index c8cde37226d9..fd491ef4da7d 100644
--- a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/mod.rs
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ pub fn column_iter_to_arrays(
     field: Field,
     filter: Option<Filter>,
 ) -> PolarsResult<(Box<dyn Array>, Bitmap)> {
-    let (_, array, pred_true_mask) = columns_to_iter_recursive(columns, types, field, vec![], filter)?;
+    let (_, array, pred_true_mask) =
+        columns_to_iter_recursive(columns, types, field, vec![], filter)?;
     Ok((array, pred_true_mask))
 }
diff --git a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/nested.rs b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/nested.rs
index 681edf4c7cb9..b6df03d894c4 100644
--- a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/nested.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/nested.rs
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ pub fn columns_to_iter_recursive(
                 // Is this inefficient? Yes. Is this how we are going to do it for now? Yes.
 
                 let Some(last_field) = fields.last() else {
-                    return Err(ParquetError::not_supported("Struct has zero fields").into());
+                    return Err(ParquetError::not_supported("Struct has zero fields"));
                 };
 
                 let field_to_nested_array =
diff --git a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/nested_utils.rs b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/nested_utils.rs
index a01c90432d26..1a16b8ff1e56 100644
--- a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/nested_utils.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/nested_utils.rs
@@ -601,7 +601,10 @@ impl<D: utils::Decoder> PageNestedDecoder<D> {
         })
     }
 
-    pub fn collect(mut self, filter: Option<Filter>) -> ParquetResult<(NestedState, D::Output, Bitmap)> {
+    pub fn collect(
+        mut self,
+        filter: Option<Filter>,
+    ) -> ParquetResult<(NestedState, D::Output, Bitmap)> {
         // @TODO: We should probably count the filter so that we don't overallocate
         let mut target = self.decoder.with_capacity(self.iter.total_num_values());
         // @TODO: Self capacity
@@ -719,7 +722,10 @@ impl<D: utils::Decoder> PageNestedDecoder<D> {
         Ok((nested_state, array, Bitmap::new()))
     }
 
-    pub fn collect_boxed(self, filter: Option<Filter>) -> ParquetResult<(NestedState, Box<dyn Array>, Bitmap)> {
+    pub fn collect_boxed(
+        self,
+        filter: Option<Filter>,
+    ) -> ParquetResult<(NestedState, Box<dyn Array>, Bitmap)> {
         use arrow::array::IntoBoxedArray;
         let (nested, array, ptm) = self.collect(filter)?;
         Ok((nested, array.into_boxed(), ptm))
diff --git a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/null.rs b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/null.rs
index 05ec35f4d9e9..ac639dba2b98 100644
--- a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/null.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/null.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ impl utils::Decoder for NullDecoder {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-
     fn finalize(
         &self,
         dtype: ArrowDataType,
diff --git a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/primitive/integer.rs b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/primitive/integer.rs
index 49c574471880..1e97f45c38e6 100644
--- a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/primitive/integer.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/primitive/integer.rs
@@ -222,7 +222,10 @@ where
         additional: &dyn arrow::array::Array,
         is_optional: bool,
     ) -> ParquetResult<()> {
-        let additional = additional.as_any().downcast_ref::<PrimitiveArray<T>>().unwrap();
+        let additional = additional
+            .as_any()
+            .downcast_ref::<PrimitiveArray<T>>()
+            .unwrap();
         decoded.0.extend(additional.values().iter().copied());
         match additional.validity() {
             Some(v) => decoded.1.extend_from_bitmap(v),
diff --git a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/primitive/plain/mod.rs b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/primitive/plain/mod.rs
index 6f4311d7229b..c9a840b80dea 100644
--- a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/primitive/plain/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/primitive/plain/mod.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use crate::read::{Filter, ParquetError};
 mod predicate;
 mod required;
 
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub fn decode<P: ParquetNativeType, T: NativeType, D: DecoderFunction<P, T>>(
     values: &[u8],
     is_optional: bool,
diff --git a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/primitive/plain/required.rs b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/primitive/plain/required.rs
index 3d133daf2705..d3a6196a8e23 100644
--- a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/primitive/plain/required.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/primitive/plain/required.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 use arrow::types::AlignedBytes;
 
-use crate::parquet::error::ParquetResult;
-
 use super::ArrayChunks;
+use crate::parquet::error::ParquetResult;
 
 #[inline(never)]
 pub fn decode<B: AlignedBytes>(
@@ -32,4 +31,3 @@ pub fn decode<B: AlignedBytes>(
 
     Ok(())
 }
-
diff --git a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/simple.rs b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/simple.rs
index 4938f0450146..35ed6a2071bf 100644
--- a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/simple.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/deserialize/simple.rs
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ pub fn page_iter_to_array(
             )
         },
         (PhysicalType::FixedLenByteArray(n), Decimal256(_, _)) if *n > 32 => {
-            return Err(ParquetError::not_supported(
+            return Err(ParquetError::not_supported(format!(
                 "Can't decode Decimal256 type from Fixed Size Byte Array of len {n:?}",
-            ));
+            )));
         },
         (PhysicalType::Int32, Date64) => PageDecoder::new(
             pages,
diff --git a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/expr.rs b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/expr.rs
index 3b59211e48b9..8a18e724cf56 100644
--- a/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/expr.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-parquet/src/arrow/read/expr.rs
@@ -35,16 +35,36 @@ impl ParquetScalar {
 
     pub(crate) fn to_aligned_bytes<B: AlignedBytes>(&self) -> Option<B> {
         match self {
-            Self::Int8(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes()).ok().map(B::from_unaligned),
-            Self::Int16(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes()).ok().map(B::from_unaligned),
-            Self::Int32(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes()).ok().map(B::from_unaligned),
-            Self::Int64(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes()).ok().map(B::from_unaligned),
-            Self::UInt8(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes()).ok().map(B::from_unaligned),
-            Self::UInt16(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes()).ok().map(B::from_unaligned),
-            Self::UInt32(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes()).ok().map(B::from_unaligned),
-            Self::UInt64(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes()).ok().map(B::from_unaligned),
-            Self::Float32(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes()).ok().map(B::from_unaligned),
-            Self::Float64(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes()).ok().map(B::from_unaligned),
+            Self::Int8(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes())
+                .ok()
+                .map(B::from_unaligned),
+            Self::Int16(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes())
+                .ok()
+                .map(B::from_unaligned),
+            Self::Int32(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes())
+                .ok()
+                .map(B::from_unaligned),
+            Self::Int64(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes())
+                .ok()
+                .map(B::from_unaligned),
+            Self::UInt8(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes())
+                .ok()
+                .map(B::from_unaligned),
+            Self::UInt16(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes())
+                .ok()
+                .map(B::from_unaligned),
+            Self::UInt32(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes())
+                .ok()
+                .map(B::from_unaligned),
+            Self::UInt64(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes())
+                .ok()
+                .map(B::from_unaligned),
+            Self::Float32(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes())
+                .ok()
+                .map(B::from_unaligned),
+            Self::Float64(v) => <B::Unaligned>::try_from(&v.to_le_bytes())
+                .ok()
+                .map(B::from_unaligned),
             _ => None,
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/polars-parquet/src/parquet/page/mod.rs b/crates/polars-parquet/src/parquet/page/mod.rs
index d8f39ddfda2e..ac0889d30a7e 100644
--- a/crates/polars-parquet/src/parquet/page/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-parquet/src/parquet/page/mod.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use crate::parquet::metadata::Descriptor;
 pub use crate::parquet::parquet_bridge::{DataPageHeaderExt, PageType};
 use crate::parquet::statistics::Statistics;
 pub use crate::parquet::thrift_format::{
-    DataPageHeader as DataPageHeaderV1, DataPageHeaderV2, PageHeader as ParquetPageHeader,
-    Encoding as FormatEncoding,
+    DataPageHeader as DataPageHeaderV1, DataPageHeaderV2, Encoding as FormatEncoding,
+    PageHeader as ParquetPageHeader,
 };
 
 pub enum PageResult {