The latest, and hopefully last, Indiana Jones film is released this month. It isn’t a spoiler to say that it probably won’t end up occupying the same cultural territory as Raiders of the Lost Ark, but then again what could? Still, it isn’t a bad film. It contains some digital de-ageing that’s almost convincing, a big twist at the end that feels specifically designed to make the crankiest corners of the internet choke to death on its popcorn and – most importantly – Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s character carries a bag around for some of the film.
No, really, that’s important. When the dust has settled on the Indiana Jones series, everyone will remember the key pieces of its iconography. When future generations come to watch Indiana Jones, they will instantly picture Jones’s hat and whip, and also the bag that Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s character carries around for some of the last film.
