>Sorry for this rant. Do any of you know movies that criticize Hollywood that genuinely portrays the life of an actor or director as terrible? Like, not an actor that is tortured and abused but end up being this totally awesome musician or actors.

In terms of musician (you sometimes say artist, sometimes actor, so using the former), Inside Llewyn Davis probably fits your bill.

In terms of films about directors, I can't think of any, but, to be fair, there aren't that many films about directors, except for semi-autobiographical works by directors who have already succeeded. (Maybe Synecdoche, New York, but I don't think that film is related to anticapitalism.)

In general, it seems like you're asking for a type of film that just isn't made that often—in which a character is beat down by life and then dies. I think, for reasons well beyond capitalism/anti-capitalism, that just isn't a film many people want to make or watch. (There are a few examples, though none that I can think of that involve actors/directors.)

There are some great anticapitlism films out there, though! I recommend Sorry to Bother You.

Huh! I actually hadn't ever seen it, or if I have, I have no recollection of it. There are only a few Oscar acceptance speeches from actors that come to mind to me: Sally Field's "you like me" speech, Marlon Brandon's subbing in Sacheen Littlefeather, and Cuba Gooding Jr.'s jump-for-joy speech. But I'd stand by saying that far more people have seen Paltrow in Iron Man/ the Avengers: Endgame than have seen her Oscar speech—I mean that's not even a close call.

Eh, I think that underrates her career a bit. Let's be honest, at this point she's probably most famous for her role as Pepper Potts in the Marvel films, I'd say followed by Se7en and then Shakespeare in Love. Probably her best work was in the arthouse film Two Lovers, where I think she more than held her own against a wonderful Joaquin Phoenix performance.