Jasper workshopped his script for “Patti Cake$” at the 2014 Sundance Filmmakers ... I just could imagine her at 2 o’clock in the morning, at a blues bar, singing Bon Jovi ballads at karaoke.” ...

It was the Sundance Film Festival premiere of his first feature film, "Patti Cake$," a movie about an aspiring rapper from New Jersey. Yet as the big musical scenes began to kick in ...

Critic Justin Change says Patti Cake$ is irresistible. This is FRESH AIR. The film "Patti Cake$" premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, where it became an audience hit and was ...

Danielle Macdonald hadn’t rapped a single note before stepping into the role of Patricia Dombrowski (aka Killa P, aka Patti Cake$), but you would never believe it for a minute after seeing the ...

Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory.

Danielle Macdonald, 25, was met with a thunderous standing ovation Monday when she walked onstage after the world premiere of coming-of-age dramedy Patti Cake$, in which the Australian actress ...

Now, entering its third weekend in limited release, “Patti Cake$” risks being labeled a flop. It earned $67,599 in its opening weekend from 14 theaters, and weekend No. 2 brought in $102,258 ...

There doesn’t seem to be much original about “Patti Cake$,” Geremy Jasper’s film about a rapper trying to make it against all odds. Except Danielle Macdonald, its star, and she is an original.