The beverage of choice of movie villains?
Identifying the trait shared by Col. Hans Landa from Ingolrious Basterds, Anton from No Country for Old Men, Alex from A Clockwork Orange, and Rose from Get Out, The Epilogue asks, “Evil characters drinking milk in film. What do you think this means?“:
Replies added Immortan Joe from Mad Max: Fury Road…
… the assasin Leon from Leon: The Professional…
… and (of course!) Ash from Alien (1979):
One asks of Ravenna (in Snow White and the Huntsman and The Huntsman: Winter’s War):
Further Viewing
Pay close attention to how a glass of milk is used as a chess piece in the quietly tense opening scene of Inglorious Basterds:
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