"The Tree of Life" director Terrence Malick has responded to accusations from financiers that he failed to deliver a film as promised.

It’s a fascinating, flawed and vivid piece of work, in some ways a coda or companion piece to "The Tree of Life".

There’s nothing quite like the Cannes Film Festival, a place where big egos and big mouths are placed under the scrutiny of the media.

US director Terrence Malick won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival on Sunday for <em>The Tree of Life</em>, a meditative, metaphysical epic.

Texan director is considered a frontrunner, with one critic saying Cannes has been desperate to give him prize for 30 years.