Indeed. I loved this film. I went back into my archives and dug out my original review:

A Ghost Story is not a horror film. Nor is it a film for mainstream audiences or those whose attention spans will not withstand the glacial pacing. It is, however, a melancholic, surreal, visually striking meditation on grief, death, and existence from writer/director David Lowery.

Features terrific performances from Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck, the latter spends the bulk of the movie under a sheet looking like a pantomime ghost. The reason being he is recently deceased. With aching sadness, he observes his partner’s grieving process until she moves away. As time passes he lingers in the house, observing and occasionally angrily interacting with subsequent residents.

This is a notable piece of work for a number of reasons. Shot in Academy aspect ratio, with curved edges at the corners, the film appears like a moving photograph stuck into a photo album. This treatment adds to the themes of memory and indeed becoming unstuck in time. There are also some remarkable, dreamlike shots of Affleck’s ghostly lonely figure traipsing across landscapes and building sites, as well as lurking in empty rooms and so forth. Profound melancholia bleeds from every frame, especially in a brilliantly upsetting sequence where Mara’s character indulges in a bout of grief eating.

A Ghost Story would be unbearably depressing if it weren’t for the neat, occasional undercurrents of humour that crop up in surreal ways I won’t spoil. That said, this really is one for cineastes rather than casual viewers. Poetic, mysterious and moving, this is certainly recommended, but with the afore-mentioned caveats.