Ralph Arlyck, a filmmaker living in New York’s Hudson Valley, confronts his own mortality in the documentary I Like It Here. Released in 2022, this intimate portrait follows 78-year-old Arlyck as he reflects on a life spent capturing everyday moments on film. Through both his narratives and those of neighbors and loved ones, themes of aging, memory, and legacy emerge.

Arlyck’s observant lens has, for decades, documented the rhythms of rural life among the farms and fields near his home. As he enters his eighth decade, he consciously trains that lens inward, inviting audiences to join his personal reflections on life’s passages.

With humor and wisdom, Arlyck considers what it means to grow older in a community where friendship and family have been steadying presences for many years. His interviews touch on facing end-of-life realities while still finding fulfillment in present joys, such as family gatherings where multi-generational bonds are celebrated.