Da Vinci

Director Jim Sheridan's poignant indie drama stars Diane Keaton as a mother who realizes she never really knew her son and throws herself into his life in an effort to understand him after he commits suicide. By taking a job at the restaurant where he waited tables, getting to know his friends and bonding with his girlfriend, Mom not only gains priceless knowledge about her boy, she also learns a thing or two about herself.

Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work.

Tony Robinson examines the claims made in Dan Brown's best-selling novel, "The Da Vinci Code."

The Holy Grail is inextricably linked with the mysterious family known to the ruling elite as the Merovingians; a name used in the Da Vinci Code, The Matrix and others due to the undeniable power it holds. Prepare to discover Da Vinci's darkest secret.

Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance genius. Not only did he paint masterpieces of art, but he was an obsessive scientist and inventor, dreaming up complex machines centuries ahead of his time, including parachutes, armored tanks, hang gliders and robots. On the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death, with the help of biographer Walter Isaacson, NOVA investigates the secrets of Leonardo’s success. How did his scientific curiosity, from dissections of cadavers to studies of optics, shape his genius and help him create perhaps the most famous painting of all time, the "Mona Lisa"?

The story of this Renaissance genius, from his apprenticeship to his last years at the Château du Clos-Lucé in Amboise, including his meeting with Mona Lisa.

Host and author of international best-seller Cracking The Da Vinci Code, Simon Cox, takes you on an in depth journey through the heart of the mysteries behind Dan Brown's best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code. This comprehensive documentary cuts through the confusion, ultimately cracking Da Vinci's code and revealing the remarkable truth behind the legend of the Holy Grail.

This documentary exploration of Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code, answers questions: What exactly was Leonardo da Vinci trying to tell us in his coded paintings? Was Jesus married to Mary Magdalene? Who were the Knights Templar? What is the secret of the mysterious church at Rennes-le-Château? What is the Priory of Sion? What secret did the real life Saunière know that threatened the Church? What are the Gnostic Gospels? Did Roman emperors rewrite the New Testament to control the population?

Renowned as the "Mind of the Renaissance," the genius of Leonardo da Vinci reaches beyond the centuries. Painter, sculptor, engineer, and scientist, in each field Leonardo da Vinci was both master and pioneer. Creator of some of the world's great artistic masterpieces, such as the Last Supper and the Mona Lisa, he was also a visionary whose fantastic inventions would become reality only hundreds of years after his death. Follow the original Renaissance man through glittering palaces of merchant princes, accusations of blasphemy, and whispers of betrayal and romance--all to satisfy a limitless desire for knowledge. From the producers of Islam: Empire of Faith and Barbarians, and available on DVD for the first time ever, DA VINCI AND THE CODE HE LIVED BY tells the remarkable story of one man's boundless talent, his towering legacy, and his courage in the face of powerful adversity.

The DaVinci Code sold over 20 million copies in 44 languages by grossly distorting the truth and re-writing history. Is it possible that the Bible was a work of fiction? Did Jesus escape death on the cross? If you believe recent accounts Jesus did not die on the cross, but instead married Mary Magdalene who gave birth to his daughter......that this great secret has been hidden from us for the past two thousand years by covert societies whose alleged members included Renaissance painter Leonardo DaVinci. The Christian faith is under attack - arm yourself with the facts by watching Challenging the DaVinci Code. World-renowned religious scholars refute the dramatic and shockingly distorted facts that attempt to derail centuries of religious beliefs and the very foundation of the Bible. In this revealing documentary, the 190-

Painter or Prophet: Da Vinci's Secrets Unveiled

Dr Maurizio Seracini is a pioneering scientist who has made his name by ingeniously adapting the latest medical and military technology to reveal the secrets of great art works. This film follows Seracini on his controversial journey to solve two specific Leonardo mysteries - the location of the lost mural, The Battle of Anghiari, and a remarkable new story he has uncovered about Leonardo's great, unfinished, alter piece The Adoration of the Magi.