Owen at Mill Valley Film Fest

Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe-winning actor Clive Owen will be honored at this year's Mill Valley Film Festival, which opens Oct. 8. Owen, the star of such films as Closer, Croupier, Inside Man and The International, will receive the Mill Valley Film Festival Award for excellence in cinema at a special Spotlight event at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center on Oct. 9.

Owen will also introduce his latest movie, "The Boys Are Back," on the festival's opening night at the CinéArts@Sequoia. The other movie to be seen at the Rafael will be announced at a later date.

For special-event tickets and information, go to www.cafilm.org. (Mill Valley, CA USA)

- Chronicle Staff Report