Andrea Gronvall, a longtime film critic for the Reader, died after an illness on September 4 in her apartment in Margate Park. She was 67. As best as I can tell from our online archives, she filed her first review in 2004, of the documentary Presence, a portrait of the Swedish photographer Georg Oddner. Her last, of the new Keira Knightley espionage thriller Official Secrets, was in last week’s paper. In between, she filed several dozen long reviews and even more capsules, ranging from Hollywood blockbusters to art-house documentaries, and everything in between.
An open gathering for sharing memories of Andrea will be held on Sunday, September 15, from 1 to 2 PM in the Mendelson Gallery at Temple Sholom, 3480 N. Lake Shore Dr. Contributions in Andrea’s memory may be sent to Temple Sholom, 3480 N. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, 60657, where she was a longtime devoted member.
